Christies Late Roman helmet: 1 or 2?

[Virilis]

Yes, Matthew, I had some alarm bells ringing too. I remember I supposed a couple of years ago that this Christie's helmet is a fake. The so called Budapest jewelled late roman helmet has a similarly shaped nose guard, which is hyphotethical (the original nose guard is missing). We have not one similarly shaped original nose guard left which looks like it. Maybe the makers (supposed it is a fake) have copied the nose piece of this Budapest helmet? Anyway if the helmets are fake, I must admit that they are of high quality in this respect...

Btw, check this out, some very detailed pics of the Budapest helmet:
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/HungarianN...seum1.html
Just noticed in these detailed pics that there are two figurines in the bowl rim decorations, one standing, one sitting. Must have been a member of the pagan troops of Julian ;-) ...