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LOT 1783
Greek Chalcidian Helmet
5TH-4TH CENTURY BC
11 1/2" (1.5 kg, 29cm).
A bronze helmet of Chalcidian type with narrow skull and carinated lower edge above the borow, short neck-guard with flared outer edge, deep lateral sockets for the ears, integral D-shaped lateral extensions to the temples pierced at the lower edge, short nasal extending from a reinforced brow ridge.
Provenance
Ex Moore collection, Yorkshire, UK; acquired in the 1990s.
Footnotes
The present helmet does not feature the hinged cheek-pieces normally associated with this type. It was used across the Hellenic world, and remained popular in southern Italy (Apulia).
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