10-26-2012, 05:06 PM
Dear Rado,
Thank you for the photos.
This helmet has been fully published in Peeva, Sharankov 2006 : E. Peeva, N. Sharankov, A: 1st Century AD Roman Helmet with Inscriptions. Archaeologia Bulgarica X-1, 2006, 25-33; there is also a photo in D'Amato, Raffaele: Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier: From Marius to Commodus 2009. It should be noted that this helmet is not from a certain context and only believed to be from Sexaginta Prista.
The helmet does not fit into Robinson’s categories but hardly any newly found helmets do because they are so narrow. There are quite a number of parallels (all simple helmets in bronze w/o eyebrows and with a crest knob or remains thereof): Cologne (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Inv. D.66), river Oude Maas near Alem; a neck guard from Racoşul de Jos–Piatra Detunată, Braşov County, Romania (Florea Costea, Lucica Savu, Valeriu Sîrbu, Radu Ştefănescu, Angelica Bălos, Military Gear Found in the Dacian Fortress of Racoşul de Jos–Piatra Detunată, Braşov County) might belong to this type; and two helmets from private collections (Fischer, Thomas: Die Armee der Caesaren. Archäologie und Geschichte; Cologne 2012, p. 150), (F. Humer, (2006), Exhibition catalogue "Legionsadler und Druidenstab", ISBN 3854602294.).
These are just close parallels w/o eyebrows and there must be half a dozen or so parallels to the more ornate Mainz type helmet in bronze with eyebrows but with a crest knob.
Based on newer finds, crest knobs appear to have been much more popular on Weisenau/Imperial helmets than one would think readying only Robinson. A quick (non-exhausitve) scan through my files (excluding fragments) revealed 12 helmets with a knob, 14 helmets with remains of soldering similar to this helmet which would indicate a knob, 22 helmets of the slide-on type, and 8 helmets with a twist-on cresting arrangement.
Thank you for the photos.
This helmet has been fully published in Peeva, Sharankov 2006 : E. Peeva, N. Sharankov, A: 1st Century AD Roman Helmet with Inscriptions. Archaeologia Bulgarica X-1, 2006, 25-33; there is also a photo in D'Amato, Raffaele: Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier: From Marius to Commodus 2009. It should be noted that this helmet is not from a certain context and only believed to be from Sexaginta Prista.
The helmet does not fit into Robinson’s categories but hardly any newly found helmets do because they are so narrow. There are quite a number of parallels (all simple helmets in bronze w/o eyebrows and with a crest knob or remains thereof): Cologne (Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Inv. D.66), river Oude Maas near Alem; a neck guard from Racoşul de Jos–Piatra Detunată, Braşov County, Romania (Florea Costea, Lucica Savu, Valeriu Sîrbu, Radu Ştefănescu, Angelica Bălos, Military Gear Found in the Dacian Fortress of Racoşul de Jos–Piatra Detunată, Braşov County) might belong to this type; and two helmets from private collections (Fischer, Thomas: Die Armee der Caesaren. Archäologie und Geschichte; Cologne 2012, p. 150), (F. Humer, (2006), Exhibition catalogue "Legionsadler und Druidenstab", ISBN 3854602294.).
These are just close parallels w/o eyebrows and there must be half a dozen or so parallels to the more ornate Mainz type helmet in bronze with eyebrows but with a crest knob.
Based on newer finds, crest knobs appear to have been much more popular on Weisenau/Imperial helmets than one would think readying only Robinson. A quick (non-exhausitve) scan through my files (excluding fragments) revealed 12 helmets with a knob, 14 helmets with remains of soldering similar to this helmet which would indicate a knob, 22 helmets of the slide-on type, and 8 helmets with a twist-on cresting arrangement.
Regards,
Jens Horstkotte
Munich, Germany
Jens Horstkotte
Munich, Germany
