established 1942

IETRUSCAN HELMET OF MONTEFORTINO/CANOSA TYPE

The hemispherical body is crowned by a mushroom-shaped knob decorated with a leaf ornament. Parallel fluted grooves and a herringbone-patterned bands encircle the helmet above the lower rim and neck guard.
Published: M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme - Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Band 8 (Berlin/Mainz 2000) 96 f., Abb. 28.

Ex collection of Axel Guttmann, Berlin.

4th-3rd Century BC

H. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.)

HMS13
$22,500


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