Roman Riding Coat from Antinoe

[lucrezia]

Your reproduction is excellent! :-)

But: This coat was an Iranian one, not a Roman one ...

I don't really think the origins of these coats have been that firmly established as yet. They were found in Antinoe, which was founded by the Romans, and under their rule until the mid-7th century. So far as I have found from my research (which included Graham's books, and the two other books he mentions above), the coat is dated to the time period the Romans held Antinoe, and the other things found in the site were Christian in origin. No coats like this have been found anywhere else in Persia, and these coats are made of cashmere, which is not like other Persian kaftans. It does have a very distinct Persian style to it, like the hanging sleeves, but there is other Roman artifacts that show the Romans did have coats and dalmaticas with those as well. This is one of the reason why I have found this item of such interest. I would be very interested in any other information you might have

BTW, very nice blog.