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Name: Cavalry Sports D 01 (Leiden)
Robinson type: Cavalry Sports D
Findspot: Found in the 19th century, from the Waal at Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (NLD)
Date: Flavian to early 2nd century AD (lost in the Batavian revolt?)
Now kept: Rijksmuseum voor Oudheiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, Inv. e 1931/2.18
Dimensions: H, 175mm; B, 220mm
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Remarks:
  • Silvered bronze.
  • The eyes, nostrils and mouth were originally pierced, but are now closed by corrosion products.
  • Beneath each ear is a rivet, today incomplete, by which a neck guard could be attached.
  • Photos (c) Jasper Oorthuys and Wim van Broekhoven.
References:
  • Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.123, No.357
  • Klumbach, H., (1974), "Römische Helme aus Niedergermanien", (Bonn), p.62-3 & Taf.47
  • Garbsch, J., (1978), "Römische Paraderüstungen" p.63 & Taf.18, 1
  • Beck, F. & Chew, H. (1991), "Masques de Fer. Un officer romain du temps de Caligula", Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, Paris (Exhibition catalogue), p.28, Fig.3
  • Braat, W.C. (1939), "Romeinsche helmen in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.", N.R. 20, 35 & Abb.29, 37.
  • Hanel, N., Peltz, U. & F. Willer, (2000); 'Untersuchungen zu römischen Reiterhelmmasken aus der Germania inferior'. Bonner Jahrbücher, 200, 272
Now kept: Leiden

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