A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF ILLYRIAN TYPE, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece with a rounded crown decorated to either side with raised medial ridges, the inner ridges higher with two lower outer parallel ridges, at the rear an outward flange forming a short neck-guard, pierced with a central iron rivet corroded on the inside, the integral downward projecting cheek-pieces forming a rectangular facial-opening, edged by a border of round-headed studs within a raised band continuing around the helmet edge, the forehead with a secondary raised ridge, pierced centrally with a rivet for attachment (heavily repaired and restored, a mottled patina overall) 25.0 cm; 9⅞ in Provenance: Private Collection Vienna Property of an English lady, acquired around 1968-1978. Bonhams, Antiquities and Tribal Art, London, 26 April 2007, lot 301 Illyrian helmets originate in the Peloponnese region, with the majority having been excavated in Illyria (Northwestern part of the Balkan peninsula). Examples of these helmets belonging to Type III A, have been found in warrior graves belonging to Macedonian and Illyrian tribes, the closest example being from Sindos, Grave 115. See Pflug 1988.