Finely detailed depiction of the god of the sun. With prominent facial details, full head of curly hair, pleated garment on shoulders and radiating spiked crown. 2nd/3rd Century. 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Intact. Ex. NYC collection. Helios was imagined as a handsome god crowned with the shining aureole of the sun. He drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day to earth-circling Oceanus and through the world-ocean returned to the East at night.
An ancient East Greek bronze helmet with rounded cheek pieces and curved neck guard. Cheek pieces and neck guard attached to helmet with rivets. Holes on top would have held a crest. 6th Century B.C. 9 ½ inches high. Ex. Sloans and Kenyon. Rare type. Similar to Chalcidian. For similar parallel, see Antike Helme, # 51, pg. 441.
Illyrian type ancient Greek bronze helmet. Of high domed form with long cheek-guards and everted neck-guard, parallel ridges on the crown, rivet in front used for attachment of the crest, perimeter of the cheek-guards and front of helmet finely incised with beading design. 6th Century B.C. 10 1/2 inches high. Ex. NYC private collection.
A fine pair of fittings in the form of heads of Acheloos. Each head with prominent facial details, with finely-incised moustache, beard, short incised wings projecting from the sides and wearing a cap surmounted by a ring for the attachment of the handle. Original rivets on back. 5th Century B.C. Height: 1 1/4 inches. Length: 1 1/2 inches. From a NYC collection.
Solid-cast figure with slender tubular body and cylindrical head, flattened neck, thick legs, bulging eyes, alert ears and long tail. 8th Century B.C. 2 1/8 inches high. Intact. From a NYC collection
