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.
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.
Internal dimensions 23 19 cm.
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.
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.
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.
Pseudo certosa fibula 25 00.
Roman pseudo attic helmet dating from circa 2nd century ad.
This is a particular type of attic helmet widespread among the hellenistic armies of the whole mediterranean including rome in use between the fourth and second century bc.
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 as such a form of attic helmet has become part of the popular image of a roman officer as found in art from the.
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.
Roman pseudo attic helmet 2nd century ad.