Christies Late Roman helmet: 1 or 2?

[Nathan Ross]

Greek and Roman Armour Day in 2015. [url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO_zKwlRJ8jYvxiXf5Na1_TaXL20NOKzO][/url]

Aha! Thanks - I'd forgotten that was all online (This is the video where you can play spot-yourself-in-the-audience too!)

I'd also forgotten how warm it was in that room, which probably explains my drowsiness. Although I confess I still find Dr Miks's interesting presentation a little hard to follow in places. He does say at one point, I think, that the Novae helmets date to ante quem AD557, rather than 580 as I'd believed. And yes, he does propose a redating of the Deir el Medina to the late 5th to 7th (!) century.

Interestingly, he uses a picture of the 'Christies' helmet at one point (around 39.45 in the video) without making any particular comment about it - other than to use it as, I think, an example of the 'Deurne-Berkasova type' (I was a bit thrown by his pronunciation of the names, which I'd never heard anybody say before, but I could just make out the caption). So apparently he regards it as both genuine and early 4th century.