01-13-2014, 06:12 PM
I was always fascinated by this helmet its so rounded and enveloping shape is absolutely beautiful .... probably too much beautiful to be real ....
I noticed that the ridge's termination of the two (supposed two) helmets actually is absolutely different.
But I'm writing because what is impressive, it is the quality of the patina of rust ... it's so homogeneous .... meanwhile in historical artifacts frequently the the oxidation of the iron is concentrated more in some particular points dependent on the conditions and the particular position in which the finding was lying in the ground, but in this case the patina is surprisingly omogeneous and the nails and hinges are all preserved also them covered by this gentle patina of rust ... In my opinion this is simply impossible, not even a WWII helmet would have a so homogeneous patina.
Maybe an analysis of the quality of the iron would tell us something more about the origins of the piece(s) ... the mineralogical composition of the Roman iron was pretty different from the modern iron.
I noticed that the ridge's termination of the two (supposed two) helmets actually is absolutely different.
But I'm writing because what is impressive, it is the quality of the patina of rust ... it's so homogeneous .... meanwhile in historical artifacts frequently the the oxidation of the iron is concentrated more in some particular points dependent on the conditions and the particular position in which the finding was lying in the ground, but in this case the patina is surprisingly omogeneous and the nails and hinges are all preserved also them covered by this gentle patina of rust ... In my opinion this is simply impossible, not even a WWII helmet would have a so homogeneous patina.
Maybe an analysis of the quality of the iron would tell us something more about the origins of the piece(s) ... the mineralogical composition of the Roman iron was pretty different from the modern iron.
