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3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 11-11-2008 Hello. My friends Pastor gives me an article about the materials booted from an shipwreck near Mallorca (Spain): Cristobal Veny, “Nuevos materiales de Moro Boti†Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - jho - 11-11-2008 Salve Lucius, Thank you and laus for the information on the three Roman helmets found in Spain. I just checked the article on Proquest's Periodicals Archive Online but sadly enough the relevant pages were corrupted in the online version of the article. I have sent you a private mail with my email and would be very grateful if you could provide me with a scanned version of the article if possible. Thank you! Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - jho - 11-17-2008 I have received the article on Friday - very interesting. Thank you and laus to Lucius. Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - Tarbicus - 11-17-2008 For anyone wondering which Gallic A they're similar to: http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,96/ Did they have the knob on top? Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - jho - 11-17-2008 No, apparently the crest holder arrangement consisted of a simple rectangular metal plate bent to include two "tunnels" for a slide-on crest holder. Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - Tarbicus - 11-17-2008 Quote:No, apparently the crest holder arrangement consisted of a simple rectangular metal plate bent to include two "tunnels" for a slide-on crest holder.Well, that in itself is important as I can't think of another example of a Gallic A with that type of crest holder. In fact, two tunnels is a first for me. Thanks :wink: Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - jho - 11-17-2008 The drawing is not particularly clear with respect to the fact that there are TWO tunnels but the Spanish text says: "En la cuspide de la cofia (...) se halla una plaquita rectangular de 40x60 milimetros la cual se ondula en el centro para dar lugar a la formacion de una especie de DOBLE tunel (...)" I do not spear a word of Spanish but guessed that this may be referring to a DOUBLE tunnel. Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 11-17-2008 I think there are similar to those founded in some gallic g model. A rectangular plate with a depresed central zone that divides the zone in those 2 "tunnels"... Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS - 11-17-2008 Something like this: Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - Peroni - 11-23-2008 Also, most unusually, there is a large 'U' shaped fitment at the front of the bowls for the attachment of a crest box. I have never seen this fitting type before on any Roman helmet. Also very interesting is the size of the brow guard rivets! Very similar to one of the Nijmegen roped-edge Gallic A's and the Mainz Italic D in their form http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,96/ Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - Gaius Julius Caesar - 11-23-2008 Exactly what I have been thinking of for my Gallic 'A'!! Excellent information people! Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - Peroni - 11-24-2008 Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - Caballo - 11-24-2008 Huge neckguard!!....thats one heck of a way of avoiding sunburn at sea- unless its an anti-seagull device...... Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - Peroni - 03-05-2009 You think that's a big neck guard? Check the size of the neck guard on this Gallic A.. http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,96/ Re: 3 Gallic A helmets from Spain - M. Demetrius - 03-06-2009 Maybe the neckguard here is the inspiration for the (in)famous Trooper?? (ducks and runs) |