Superb Ibero-Celtic Bronze Helmet, c. 5th ctry. B.C.

Authentic Classical Antiquities from Apolluxx European Dealers

Superb Ibero-Celtic Bronze Helmet, c. 5th ctry. B.C.

browse these categories for related items...
Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Ancient World:Greek:Bronze: Pre AD 1000: Item # 638570

Click to view additional online
photographs: 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6

Apolluxx, Classical Antiquities
19 parc d'activité Syrdall
L-5365 Munsbach, Luxembourg

Guest Book
EUR 25500

Superb Ibero-Celtic Bronze Helmet, c. 5th ctry. B.C.

A rare and important Ibero-Celtic bronze helmet, composed of four sections which are riveted together. Each section is framed by a double line. In the forehead above the corners and neck circular protuberances. Those in front are decorated with stylized brows, and those at the back with a frieze of vertical sticks. Complete, in some parts reinforced internally. h. 33 cm, diam. 22 cm., c. 5th ctry. B.C. Ex collection Dr. J. T., Germany, ex: Jean-David Cahn Auction 5, Lot 100. An extremely rare type of helmet, only a few examples are known, generally only fractions of it. Half a specimen in Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz / Germany: M Egg, Ch. Pare: Die Metallzeiten in Europa und im vorderen Orient (Mainz, 1995), p. 228f. Nr. 19, Taf. 80,1. - AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED !!! (shipment Europe: free, overseas: 60 EUR).