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A new Roman helmet?
#1
Greetings everyone!

Recently there was news in Turkish media about a police operation against antiquities smugglers. Among the confiscated artefacts was a bronze helmet, thought to be Roman. The media has called it a gladiator helmet, however it doesn't look like one, at least a typical one. To me it looks more like a cavalry/parade type  (provided it is real). Images are attached.

What do you make of it, gentlemen?

   
   
   
   
   
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#2
Well, it would be nice if the rules allowed us to see the images. Can a moderator do something about this?
Michael King Macdona

And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
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#3
No problem seeing them here.
Robert Vermaat
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THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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#4
Hmmm.. I can't see them either.

Qui sepeliunt capita sua in terra, deos volantes non videbunt.
--Flavius Flav 
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#5
Neither can I, as thread starter, unfortunately.
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#6
1. Upload them to Imgur

2. It looks like a fake.
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#7
A piece of art from a statue?
Ivor

"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
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#8
would say fake too
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#9
(09-29-2018, 03:36 PM)Ancyranus Wrote: Greetings everyone!

Recently there was news in Turkish media about a police operation against antiquities smugglers. Among the confiscated artefacts was a bronze helmet, thought to be Roman. The media has called it a gladiator helmet, however it doesn't look like one, at least a typical one. To me it looks more like a cavalry/parade type  (provided it is real). Images are attached.

What do you make of it, gentlemen?
Trouble is, there are very few Gladiator helmets to compare it with - and most of those seem to have come from the Gladiator barracks in Pompeii. Some of these helmets were very ornate and 'fantastic' (to add to the spectacle I suppose). I know of one (from the former Higgs Armoury Museum) that must have been a right bitch to have to wear in any sort of combat, there are so many bits and pieces added to it.
visne scire quod credam? credo orbes volantes exstare.
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