02-26-2011, 03:56 AM
Agree with the others on the Roman.
The second figure appears to Rus - Eastern Viking. The baggy trousers are the give away. Based on the sword hilt/axe/etc., 9th-10th Century is probably about right. It looks like he's holding the helmet by a spectacled visor similar to the Gjermundbu (probably butchered the spelling) helmet of the late 800s - but I don't remember the integral mail on that one. It that regard, the helmet looks rather like the pre-Viking Valsgarde funerary helmet from about the 6th-7th centuries, but the style of the helmet is definately later.
The second figure appears to Rus - Eastern Viking. The baggy trousers are the give away. Based on the sword hilt/axe/etc., 9th-10th Century is probably about right. It looks like he's holding the helmet by a spectacled visor similar to the Gjermundbu (probably butchered the spelling) helmet of the late 800s - but I don't remember the integral mail on that one. It that regard, the helmet looks rather like the pre-Viking Valsgarde funerary helmet from about the 6th-7th centuries, but the style of the helmet is definately later.
Kevin
