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Helmet of the Montefortino Type
Not on view
This helmet belongs to a type conventionally called Montefortino in reference to the place in which one specimen was excavated. Apparently borrowed from the Celts, who generally wrought them of iron, Montefortino-type helmets of cast bronze were used by a wide range of Italic people. Rare are the examples whose cheekpieces have been preserved. The cheekpieces of this helmet are each decorated with three bosses that are set within series of concentric rings, a style of which many variants are known. The right cheekpiece retains the button for a leather tie with which it would have been secured to the opposite cheekpiece beneath the wearer's chin.
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