Late Roman helmets, Byzantine

[Virilis]

Some comments on the picture above. The Deir-El-Medineh helmet would be suitable for a late 3th- early 4th c. AD context (I share Simon James`s view that these type helmets were depicted on the arch of Galerius). The Köln / Cologne spatha handle would be suitable for early 4th c. AD context. The spatha the soldier is wearing is from the 3th c. AD (the handle construction according to Christian Miks and the baldrick). The sword blades (diamond cross section) are wrong, the manufacture of these type blades ceased in the 2th c. AD. Also the lowest spatha handle in the group of three belongs clearly to the 3th c. AD.

If I remember correctly, there are no examples of Intercisa-style helmets being made from iron alone. All the examples found might have had a guilded silver sheathing originally. The soldier in the picture is wearing a Burgh Castle- type helmet which might have had a similar sheathing originally? Only examples of plain iron ridge helmets with nose guards are the Deir-El-Medineh helmet and the so-called Christie`s helmet.

Also the lamellars in the soldier`s cuirass seem to be quite big...