Coolus E Cheek Guards

[L_CORNELIUS_CETHEGUS]

Actually the cheek pieces were not found together with this helmet. I am not aware of a single Coolus helmet ever found with this type of cheek piece. All Coolus helmets, I am aware of, which were associated with cheek pieces, had the simple type without ear recess.

Thank you - that is very good information which I was unaware of.

Although a late-comer to the helmet taxonomy conversation, I am starting to appreciate the viewpoints expressed in that thread. Your thoughts regarding the differing cheek guards being more indicative of contemporary trends than a factor in Robinson's Coolus definitions help me to eliminate features that are extraneous to that typology (at least for the Coolus/late Montefortino group).

--Kelsey