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Greek Illyrian Bronze Helmet Northwestern Greece, ca. late 6th to 5th centuries BCE. Of hammered
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Greek Illyrian Bronze Helmet
Northwestern Greece, ca. late 6th to 5th centuries BCE. Of hammered bronze sheet, rounded in form with a flaring neck-guard, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, with a perforation at the center of the forehead for attachment of a crest between the two raised parallel double ridges across the crown. Of the type worn by the hoplite phlanx, a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons. The hoplite phalanx was the perfect manifestation of classical Greek society on the battlefield. Made up of middle-class men who had day jobs, the phalanx was made to decide a war in a single bloody struggle.Size: 9-1/4" (23.5 cm) x 8-3/4" (23.2 cm).
Provenance: Ex- Private Ketchum, ID collection acquired around 2000, private UK collection acquired in the 1980's.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108389
Condition
Intact with expected oxidation resulting in gorgeous green patina.
Northwestern Greece, ca. late 6th to 5th centuries BCE. Of hammered bronze sheet, rounded in form with a flaring neck-guard, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, with a perforation at the center of the forehead for attachment of a crest between the two raised parallel double ridges across the crown. Of the type worn by the hoplite phlanx, a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons. The hoplite phalanx was the perfect manifestation of classical Greek society on the battlefield. Made up of middle-class men who had day jobs, the phalanx was made to decide a war in a single bloody struggle.Size: 9-1/4" (23.5 cm) x 8-3/4" (23.2 cm).
Provenance: Ex- Private Ketchum, ID collection acquired around 2000, private UK collection acquired in the 1980's.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108389
Condition
Intact with expected oxidation resulting in gorgeous green patina.
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Greek Illyrian Bronze Helmet
Northwestern Greece, ca. late 6th to 5th centuries BCE. Of hammered bronze sheet, rounded in form with a flaring neck-guard, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, with a perforation at the center of the forehead for attachment of a crest between the two raised parallel double ridges across the crown. Of the type worn by the hoplite phlanx, a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons. The hoplite phalanx was the perfect manifestation of classical Greek society on the battlefield. Made up of middle-class men who had day jobs, the phalanx was made to decide a war in a single bloody struggle.Size: 9-1/4" (23.5 cm) x 8-3/4" (23.2 cm).
Provenance: Ex- Private Ketchum, ID collection acquired around 2000, private UK collection acquired in the 1980's.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108389
Condition
Intact with expected oxidation resulting in gorgeous green patina.
Northwestern Greece, ca. late 6th to 5th centuries BCE. Of hammered bronze sheet, rounded in form with a flaring neck-guard, each cheek-guard perforated at the forward tip, with a perforation at the center of the forehead for attachment of a crest between the two raised parallel double ridges across the crown. Of the type worn by the hoplite phlanx, a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes, sarissas, or similar weapons. The hoplite phalanx was the perfect manifestation of classical Greek society on the battlefield. Made up of middle-class men who had day jobs, the phalanx was made to decide a war in a single bloody struggle.Size: 9-1/4" (23.5 cm) x 8-3/4" (23.2 cm).
Provenance: Ex- Private Ketchum, ID collection acquired around 2000, private UK collection acquired in the 1980's.
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
#108389
Condition
Intact with expected oxidation resulting in gorgeous green patina.
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