Royal Oak Armory Gallic D

[caiusbeerquitius]

erfectly 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.

that´s getting a bit anachronistic now. As usually one should not make too normative statements. So, for a first century helmet the surface finish seems to me not to represent the majority of finds. OK now?

Apart from that: I really like the look of the translucent glass. I don´t see it in any finds, though. Purple, perhaps, there is some 1st century semi-translucent glass in purple. And I also think that this helmet is a great piece of craftsmanship. Just to clarify.

Doc: The holes you suggest, do they occur on any other find? If no: I´d let it be.