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Greek Browband from Bronze Pseudo-Attic Helmet Greek Browband from Bronze Pseudo-Attic Helmet Greek Browband from Bronze Pseudo-Attic Helmet
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LOT 1023

Greek Browband from Bronze Pseudo-Attic Helmet

3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

8 1/8 in. (42 grams, 20.6 cm).

Semi-circular in shape, flat, the upper part raised, the lower one fitted with two fastening holes for the attachment to the upper bowl of the helmet; restored.

Provenance

Private collection before 1937.
Private collection, acquired February 1937, thence by descent.
T.S. collection, UK, 1963.

Literature

Cf. Waurick, G., 'Helme der Hellenistiche Zeit und ihre Vorlaufer' in Antike Helme, RGZM Monographien 14, Mainz, 1988, pp.151ff., and item 50, p.439-440, for type; Dintsis, P., Hellenistiche Helme, Roma, 1986, pp.130,283ff., (I), pls 53, no.3 or 58, nos.1,2 (II).

Footnotes

The browband comes from a pseudo-Attic helmet of Thracian type (example from Brjastovec) or of a pseudo-Attic type with a high cap and fitted with a browband. These helmets, after prototypes already visible in the 5th century B.C., are typical of the Hellenistic era. The browband, if not fixed, was attached under the helmet's bowl, on the sides, by two rivets.

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LOT 1023

Greek Browband from Bronze Pseudo-Attic Helmet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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