Circa 550 – 300 BC. A very expressive form of bronze helmet of Chalcidian type. Crown domed with a mask-like front featuring high-arched eyebrows, the eyes have been carefully cut out. The round sections are each accentuated with a separately applied moulded band. A short tear-drop shaped nose guard is reaching down, moveable articulated crescentic cheek guards with contoured edges are attached by hinges on the sides, rounded, and tapering towards the chin allowing binding. Museum Quality helmet. Chalcidian helmets are named after similar helmets depicted on pottery vases from the Euboean city of Chalcis. This type of ancient Greek helmet was a lighter and less restrictive form of the Corinthian helmet. The hinged cheek pieces were anatomically formed to fit closely to the face and tended to curve upward towards the eye, where large circular openings provided a wider field of view than the Corinthian helmets. By the time of Alexander the Great the helmet was still worn by soldiers, most notably the hoplites, the heavy infantrymen who carried long spears; the helmet would later go on to develop into the Attic helmet which is iconic of Classical soldiers. For more examples of Chalcidian helmets, see Everson, T. (2004). Warfare in Ancient Greece: arms and armour from the heroes of Homer to Alexander the Great. The History Press, 116-124. For similar see the Walters Art Museum, accession no. 54.2468. Size: L:295mm / W:245mm ; 990g. Provenance: From a collection of Roman & Greek arms and armour formed in the late 1970s and early 1980s; property of a London gentleman.