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I have detailed images of lots of these helmets I've found online, including the Concesti and River Maas.
I want Comitatus' Concesti Helmet... that thing is awesome.
The lettering on the side seems to be
'Omega Z Z Omega N Y M E N Omega N Theta O P I
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I have too. Unfortunately the more detailed Concesti pics are black and white.
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Yeah, the original helmet was Silver with brass or gold trim, not sure. It belonged to a Hunnic Burial and dates to something like 400-425, making it the last known ridge helmet in the archaeological record, along with the River Maas hlmet (which desperately needs a new reconstruction)
It is interesting to note that they seem to disappear around 420-ish, even though we have large numbers of them dating in the period between 375 and 410 (like Carnuntum and Intercisa)
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Thanks Evan. I found this site a couple of weeks ago too. Some detailed pictures I have never seen before (meaning familiar helmets from different angles etc.). 8+)
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