MAGNA GRAECIA, LATE ARCHAIC TO CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 525-475 B.C.

This type is similar to the preceding example (lot 5) except that the eye-holes are now smaller, the nose guard is in relief, and the separation between the ends of the cheek-guards is a narrow cut-out with two bridges. This example likewise has a tall plume-holder riveted to the crown, and there is a pair of perforations on either side of the dome for additional plume attachments. The surface is lavishly engraved with a boar on each cheek-piece, a rosette below each brow, a central palmette above, and lotus buds extending outward from the eye-holes. A band of chevron extends along the perimeter edges.

This helmet is characteristic of A. Bottini's Type B, all of which feature open eyes, the nose in relief and the cheek-guards joined by one or more bridges (see "Gli Elmi Apulo-Corinzi: Proposta di Classificazione," AION: Annali di archeologia e storia antica, vol. 12, 1990, pp. 23-37). For a related example, see fig. 6, p. 113, in Bottini, et al. eds., Antike Helme.