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LOT 0306

Sold for (Inc. bp): £12,400

GREEK ILLYRIAN HELMET
7TH-6TH CENTURY BC
11" (874 grams, 28cm).

A bronze helmet of Illyrian type with rounded skull, flared rear edge, corrugated bands to the crown, D-shaped cheek guards pierced at the apex, separate plume-holders to the brow and rear.

CONDITION REPORT: [Click to show]

PROVENANCE:
Property of North London collector; acquired from Germany in the early 1980s.

PUBLISHED:
Supplied with a copy of the article Ancient Greek Artifacts, in Pariakai, a London-based Greek Cypriot newspaper, dated 11th October 2007.

LITERATURE:
Exhibited at Bruce Castle Museum, London, 16th-31st July 2011 in The Festival of British Archaeology, with photographs of the display and captions and the museum agreement.

CONDITION