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Name: Cavalry Sports CSD 07 (Cologne)
Robinson type: Cavalry Sports D
Findspot: Cologne (Köln), (DEU); between 1815 and 1841, during construction of the city fortifications.
Date: Second half of the 2nd century AD.
Now kept: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Antikensammlung Inv.no.: Fr.1313.?
Dimensions: L, 182mm; B, 140mm
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Remarks:
  1. Copper-plated over an iron mask.
  2. The thickness of the copper layer was ca.0.5-1mm.
  3. There is the suspicion that there may have been some ornamentation of copper layer because of the condition of the patina there.
  4. The weight of the mask is given (Ref.3) as 361.4 g.
References:
  1. Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.122, Fig.138
  2. Hanel, N., Rohnstock, U. & Willer, F. (2001-2); "Untersuchungen zu römischen Reiterhelmmasken in der Germania Inferior", J.R.M.E.S. 12/13, 9-13
  3. Hanel, N., Peltz, U. & F. Willer, (2000) 'Untersuchungen zu römischen Reiterhelmmasken aus der Germania inferior'. Bonner Jahrbücher, 200, 244-45 & Abb.1-10
Now kept: Cologne

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