04-16-2004, 10:28 AM
Uwe. The Guttmann collection was sold in several auctions and that photo here is from the first auction that was held a few months ago.<br>
If you dig into RAT archives you may find some posts about that first auction.<br>
I saved a few pictures on my Homestead, including this one.<br>
It's not from roman times but from the hellenistic period and the helmet and cuirass were described as a panoply, meaning they were found together.<br>
The more roughly made cuirass featured in the second auction is the one from roman times. I put the hellenistic example to show the difference in quality. <p></p><i></i>
If you dig into RAT archives you may find some posts about that first auction.<br>
I saved a few pictures on my Homestead, including this one.<br>
It's not from roman times but from the hellenistic period and the helmet and cuirass were described as a panoply, meaning they were found together.<br>
The more roughly made cuirass featured in the second auction is the one from roman times. I put the hellenistic example to show the difference in quality. <p></p><i></i>