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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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