helmet
- Museum number
- 1878,0910.1
- Description
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Copper alloy helmet cavalry. The helmet has embossed and lightly engraved decoration. The deities on the brow-plate include, appropriately, Victory, and the warlike gods Mars and Minerva.
- Production date
- 3rdC
- Dimensions
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Height: 240 millimetres
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Weight: 635.40 grammes
- Curator's comments
- Cavalry helmet
Roman Britain, 3rd century AD
From Guisborough, Cleveland
This thin bronze helmet has embossed and lightly engraved decoration. The deities on the brow-plate include, appropriately, Victory, and the warlike gods Mars and Minerva.
It is sometimes difficult to determine whether a helmet was intended for full combat use or for parades and cavalry sports events. This helmet, originally fitted with a pair of protective cheek-pieces, may have served both roles.
- Location
- On display (G49/dc8)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1979 Feb-Apr, Munich, Prahistoriche Staatsamlung Museum, Roman Cavalry Helmets
1978-1979 Dec-Feb, Nuremburg, Germanisches National Museum, Roman Cavalry Helmets
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1878,0910.1
