PHOENICIAN BRONZE HELMET The bullet-shaped domed body is topped by a small knob. Some identical helmets were recovered in the eighties from a wreck lying in Israeli coastal waters. A rare, heavyweight helmet from the eastern Mediterranean. Ex Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin. 8th-6th Century BC H. 7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2007, no. 72 HMS02 $12,500 Sales

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