Helmet

[Bryan]

How would this helmet be classified as? Any descriptions of its origin would be appreciated.

Wont let me Post Image

[M. Val. Naso]

Pseudo-Corinthian...something like that, though it needs modifications. In its state now: nothing.

[Bryan]

Pseudo-Corinthian...something like that, though it needs modifications. In its state now: nothing.

Thank you. What modifications are you referring to?

And you wrote "In its state now: nothing" what did mean by this?

[Urselius]

This type of helmet was popular in Italy. It was based on Greek depictions in art of a Corinthian helmet pushed back to expose the face, as in a well known bust of Pericles. The Italian pseudo-Corinthian (sometimes called Italo-Corinthian) helmet was designed to sit on the head and not be pulled down over the face. Most examples, however, have a reduced and non-functional depiction of the eye-holes and nasal of the original type of helmet, either cut into the metal or embossed on it - sometimes with inset eyes.

See here:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...rs_DMA.jpg

[Alexand96]

Although everything Urselius says is true, and a bit more specific than anything I have to offer at the moment - I would definitely think that inspiration for this bust (which is of Sertorius, correct?) comes from the late Republican altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus, where we see what is commonly interpreted as Mars or an unknown officer overseeing the taking of the census. Most depictions of officers of the Republic rely on this single relief more than any other (as we have little else).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altar_of_Do...henobarbus