12-19-2005, 03:01 PM
Only just logged into this thread... looks like a wonderful transitional item spanning a gap (if genuine).
It has a very functional appearance, no frills, I like that in armour, it seems credible, if it is a fake I think the 'faker' obviously knows a thing or two about Later Roman headgear... it has an interesting missing puzzle piece feel. (The single hinge suspension of the cheekguards is indeed reminiscent of the Der-el-Medineh helmet)
One has always to weigh up the time, materials and expertise spent on a project like this against what a good forger would expect to earn for producing it... not to mention the credibility of the person selling it and indeed valuing/authenticating the item.
Reminds me slightly of the discussions that the recent Pioneer Helmet find (1998) caused amongst those passionate about late 1st Millennia Saxon helmet design, mind you, that had the credibility of being excavated.
Any other data on it?
(Wonder whose cupboard it's been sitting in all these centuries? Mind you, I think some things never do go into the ground, they are just passed down, looted, sold and passed down again, for some items that's a story in itself).
It has a very functional appearance, no frills, I like that in armour, it seems credible, if it is a fake I think the 'faker' obviously knows a thing or two about Later Roman headgear... it has an interesting missing puzzle piece feel. (The single hinge suspension of the cheekguards is indeed reminiscent of the Der-el-Medineh helmet)
One has always to weigh up the time, materials and expertise spent on a project like this against what a good forger would expect to earn for producing it... not to mention the credibility of the person selling it and indeed valuing/authenticating the item.
Reminds me slightly of the discussions that the recent Pioneer Helmet find (1998) caused amongst those passionate about late 1st Millennia Saxon helmet design, mind you, that had the credibility of being excavated.
Any other data on it?
(Wonder whose cupboard it's been sitting in all these centuries? Mind you, I think some things never do go into the ground, they are just passed down, looted, sold and passed down again, for some items that's a story in itself).
