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.
The sensuous goddess, with her weight resting on her left leg, her right leg bent at the knee, her left hand with defined fingers covering her pubic area, her right hand covering her left breast, exposed buttocks on back and her hair falling on her shoulders. 2nd/3rd Century. 3 inches high. Mounted. Ex. NYC collection.
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.
