RARE PHRYGIAN-CHALCIDIAN BRONZE HELMET WITH NASAL GUARD. Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A very rare hybrid helmet showing design characteristics of both Phrygian and Chalcidian helmets. The looped top of the helmet, hammered from a single piece of bronze, is clearly Phrygian, whilst the nasal guard and crown displays Chalcidian principles. There are very few comparable examples; one from the Bolshaya Bliznitsa burial mound which was lost during World War II, and another kept in the Bulgarian National History Museum. For similar see: Национален исторически музей, Инвентарен номер 37325, НИМ.; N. Kondakov, “Russian Antiquities in Art Monuments Issue I: Classical antiquities of South Russia” (St. Petersburg, 1889), Fig. 55. Size: 360 mm x 180 mm; 975g. Provenance: Property of a European collector; Swiss art market, pre 1990s. British collection of J.S., 1990s. Purchased by the current owner in Brussels, Belgium, in 2019. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.