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Name: Auxiliary Cavalry ACE 01 (Mainz)
Robinson type: Auxiliary Cavalry E
Findspot: Friedburg (DEU)
Date: 2nd century AD
Now kept: Destroyed during WW II, formerly in Darmstad Museum. The example shown here is a reconstruction in RGZM, Mainz.
Dimensions: Unknown
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Remarks

Item details
Remarks:
  1. Bronze
  2. There are two reinforcing strips that run both laterally and longitudinally over the crown.
  3. The neck guard slopes down at an angle of about 45 degrees.
  4. Wide bronze strips decorate the brow and around the ears.
  5. The brow reinforcement slopes sharply upwards and rises to a point in the centre.
  6. Photos (c) Karwansaray BV
References:
  1. Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.96, No.258
Now kept: Mainz

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