If you want to buy a rare 2,500-year-old helmet that belonged to an ancient Greek warrior, this very artifact is heading to the auction block, where it is expected to sell for roughly $111,000.

As conservators painstakingly peeled off the many layers of rust and soil, they realized this was a Roman cavalry helmet ...

Byron remains a hero of the Greek nation and this helmet, the design of which he based upon descriptions of armour in Homer's Iliad, has become a symbol of liberty.