heavy cavalry engaging heavy cavalry

[Alanus]

Thinking of Sarmatian armor, do you happen to have images of the Spangenhelmets found belonging to the lower Ob culture circa 100-200 AD-ish?

You were correct, as above. Lower Ob.
Are you referring to these? "As for the conical helmets of the Sarmatians on the Galerius arch, there existed more of this kind in the East. Among them are the iron conical helmets found on the Vangai River between Tobalsk and Omsk in western Siberia. One is gilt, the other has gilt inlays of dragon and griffinlike figures. In the hoard were also two Chinese mirrors of the Han period... It is evident that the helmets were not made where they were found, but neither their construction nor their decoration gives an indication where they came from. The incised figures of horsemen on the [belt] plaques found together with the helmets show the tribes of the lower Ob wore conical helmets with nose-pieces about the beginning of our era." (Maenchen-Helfen, 253)

He's writing about Huns, but mentions a lot of Sarmatiana throughout the book. If these were spangenhelms, they were early to have nasals. It seems that everything gets "rolled back" further in the archaeological continuum... if you know what I mean, Vern? :dizzy: