Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World, Volume XXI - 2010

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99 HELLENISTIC BRONZE HELMET OF THE PILOS TYPE with a rounded, conical body topped by a crest holder and two horns made of cut sheet, each set on a pin attached to the body by a leaf-shaped plate. 4th-3rd Century BC. H. 19 1/4 (48.9 cm.) Ex German private collection. Cf. a similar example in the Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, published in H. Pflug, et al., Antike Helme, 1988, p. 152.

100 HELLENISTIC BRONZE HELMET OF THE PILOS TYPE with a broad offset concave brim. There is one soldered attachment loop on the inside for the chinstraps. 4th-3rd Century BC. H. 9 in. (23 cm.) Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin, acquired in Krefeld in 1991.

101 MACEDONIAN BRONZE HELMET OF THE PILOS TYPE with a rounded, conical body and a flat brim. Late 3rd-2nd Century BC. H. 9 in. (22.9 cm.) Ex German private collection. Cf. the helmet depicted on bronze coins from the period of Philip V, ca. 221 - 179 BC. 102 PAIR OF GREEK BRONZE ANATOMICAL GREAVES 5th-4th Century BC. Ls. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.); 9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) Ex collection of Axel Guttmann (1944-2001), Berlin.

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