\'Black\' armour

[Crispvs]

Brian,

As I said, I do agree with Robinson's reasoning over the Imperial Gallic 'D' but this still puts it into the 'highly probable' catagory rather than the 'definite' catagory that the Sisac 'E' falls into. As to the Imperial Italic 'D', you may well be right, but then again, the finish on the actual helmet is nothing like the quality found on the aformentioned Gallic 'D' and the decorative rivets attaching the peak, whilst they could be suitable for using as attachment points for a transverse crest, are also very similar to the decoratove rivets to be found on a number of later helmets and may be an early example of these. Alternatively, Robinson aluded to the idea that this helmet may have seen long service and may have had its appearance updated somewhat, later in its 'life'. It is clearly a mid first century AD helmet in overall form, but in terms of its decoration it has much in common with helmets of a century or more later.

Crispvs