03-02-2014, 08:08 PM
Who says all Roman helmets were smooth and polished? Especially considering there are very few Iron ones that are perfectly preserved to show that they were.
Brass/bronze example from Sivac. The interior side is clearly hammered, and the outside certainly looks very similar and was obviously never a mirror polished smooth surface.
[attachment=9179]HelmetfromSivac4.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=9181]HelmetfromSivac5.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=9180]HelmetfromSivac3.jpg[/attachment]
Just sayin...
Brass/bronze example from Sivac. The interior side is clearly hammered, and the outside certainly looks very similar and was obviously never a mirror polished smooth surface.
[attachment=9179]HelmetfromSivac4.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=9181]HelmetfromSivac5.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=9180]HelmetfromSivac3.jpg[/attachment]
Just sayin...