Pseudo Attic Helmet

Attic type helmets abound during imperial times.

Pseudo attic helmet.

Terms such as illyrian and attic are used in archaeology for convenience to denote a particular type of helmet and do not imply its origin. Two sheet silver embossed plaques for a pseudo attic helmet each with shaped edges embossed around the edges with a double pearled ornament with fixing holes. As an artistic motif variations of the attic helmet long outlasted other contemporary helmet types being used to impart an archaic look to depictions of generals emperors and praetorians throughout the hellenistic and roman periods. The attic helmet was a type of helmet that originated in classical greece and was widely used in italy and the hellenistic world until well into the roman empire its name is a modern historiographic convention.

Since then several spectacular 1st century cavlary helmets have been found most of a pseudo attic style. Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad. There are lesser known roman helmets so bizarre you probably wouldn t believe them. As such a form of attic helmet has become part of the popular image of a roman officer as found in art from the.

The bust of jupiter is represented on both plaques at the centre of the diadem frontally with long. Even the early true attic helmets of the republic have the visor raised as one with the skull rather than the hollywod extra visor although an original one of these exists and can be seen in robinson. It really just depends on what you call an attic helmet. Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad.

Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad. Roman pseudo attic helmet dating from circa 2nd century ad. Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad as an artistic motif variations of the attic helmet long outlasted other contemporary helmet types being used to impart an archaic look to depictions of generals emperors and praetorians example throughout the hellenistic and roman periods. All lots with an upper estimate value of 1 000 and above and all western asiatic lots are searched against the art loss register database.

On the other hand the attic helmet was somewhat popular in italy at least as motifs and more so during the roman era. The decoration of both plaques seems to represent a cult scene most probably to jupiter and epona in one plaque to jupiter alone. A part of this had to do with how romans and especially their praetorian guard was depicted with the stylized attic helmet variant with engravings and plumes.