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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2821419, member: 44316"]A while ago we had a good thread on helmets: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-helmet-types.297306/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-helmet-types.297306/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-helmet-types.297306/</a> Of course, very many ancient coin types have helmets on some god, emperor, or personification. This one is different for depicting a helmet alone: [ATTACH=full]662508[/ATTACH]AE. 20-19 mm.A Corinthian helmet right (no one wearing it)Oval Celtic shield. Reference works say "METAM" above [To me, the "T" looks more like an "M" or perhaps the "T" has huge vertical serifs down to the baseline. What letter is it really? A sideways sigma for the "S" in Mesembria? Because the reference works do not have better examples, that's my guess.]BPIANΩN  below (left-to-right, which inclines me to orient the reverse this way, as opposed to the long axis of the shield up, which some references do.)Mid third-century BC, according to Stancomb. Mesembria, Thrace (Black Sea Area)SNG BM Black Sea 276v (their helmet is left, not right)SNG Stancomb 229-230SNG Copenhagen 658.Sear Greek --.  BMC Greek Thrace --.Those examples are in significantly lower condition than this one. I'm sure some of you have the silver facing helmet type from Mesembria. Show Us! Or, show any helmet-without-head you have.[/QUOTE]