Naming conventions and images

[Peroni]

Perhaps I should have started another thread here, but as it is to do with typology...

Looking at the helmet database today, I noticed one of the Guttmann helmets had been classified as a Gallic C.
http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,96/

I have a problem with classing this helmet from the Axel Guttmann collection as an Imperial Gallic OR Italic 'C'

Compare it to the photographs of the Aquincum helmet, and you will see that it has far more similarities to it than with either the Kupa (Gallic C) or Cremona (Italic C) helmets. This is particularly evident in the cheek guards and the crest support. They are almost the same. It also has riveted-on ear guards unlike the Italic C's which are integral to the bowl. The Gallic C has none at all!

Also there are no typical 'Gallic' eyebrow decorations on this helmet to say it was definitely of Gallic manufacture, I would venture to suggest that it was of Italic manufacture.

Its possible find location is tentatively given as Northern Britain(?). Legio I Adiutrix were in Britain in the late first century, perhaps as this helmet bears a greater resemblance to the Aquincum helmet it is plausible it may have belonged to a soldier of the adiutrix legion?

Classifying recent helmet finds in a ‘Robinson type’ can get confusing, as the typology he used appears to be rather dated now.

Also, how did this get to be classified as a Gallic G?
http://www.romanarmy.com/cms/component/ ... Itemid,96/


Just some thoughts!