05-03-2013, 09:00 PM
The helmet on the Mikkalus relief is probably a Boetian helmet. It was used by cavalry and was probably the ancestor of the familiar wide-brimmed gladiatorial helmets. In relief sculpture the brim is usually abbreviated because it would be too fragile and easily broken, giving the impression of a narrow-brimmed or even brimless helmet.
Pecunia non olet