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Name: Imperial Gallic F 08 (Madrid)
Robinson type: Imperial Gallic F
Findspot: Unknown
Date: first half, 1st century AD.
Now kept: Madrid National Museum, Inv. no. MAN 2002/125/2. Formerly in the Axel Guttmann collection, Berlin. Inv. AG 501. Sold at auction around 2002.
Dimensions: H (including cheek guards), 187mm; B (skull), 182mm; L (skull), 206mm; L (cheek guards), (l), 144mm, (r), 138mm; B (neck guard), 30-52mm, Th., 1-1.6mm.
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Remarks:
  • Bronze sheet decoration, tinned. The remainder iron.
  • The cheek guards are highly decorated with incised lines, forming thunderbolts and eagle wings.
  • There are no ear guards and the brow guard is missing.
References:
  • Junkelmann, M., (2000), "Römische Helme", (Berlin), p.138-9, Abb. 65, 66 & Taf. XII
Now kept: Madrid

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