Modifying Deepeeka Italic D AH6054

[Gaius Colletti]

Matt,



I would just redo the eagles the way you see them on the original. Leave out the details. I know it is tempting since all sculptures and certain phalerae appear to show feather details. However, on the original helmet, I just do not see anything conclusive.

I do agree with what has been said about the decoration being too thick and the fact that too many rivets are shown.

I agree absolutely about the eagles details being too well "detailed". I don't know where Deepeeka got that idea, even the temples on the back have little engraving. Of course the rivets are obnoxious and need to go. I know the crossbar plates are too thick, I have to agree with Robinson that the dating of this helmet starts Mid 1st Century, as the thin brass sheets were not designed like the later crossbars used after the Dacian wars, they would be too thin to be applied specifically to counter a falx, the older Deepeeka version would have a more preferred thickness to counter a falx blow, which is ok by me.