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Name:
Cavalry Sports CSD 32 (Privately owned)
Robinson type:
Cavalry Sports D
Findspot:
Possibly from north-west Turkey, exact spot unknown.
Date:
1st century AD
Now kept:
Formerly in the Axel Guttmann collection, Inv.no. AG 339. Sold at auction, 2008 (Hermann Historica auction, Lot. No.364, reserve price €12,500, realised €28,000).
Dimensions:
H, 160mm
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Remarks:
Male face mask of the Nijmegen/Kops plateau type.
The mask is made of iron with brass sheet overlay.
The eyes, nostrils and mouth are all pierced and the ears are integral with the mask itself.
There are copper alloy rivet heads under the ears, presumably for fastening the straps that attach the mask to the rear part of the helmet.
Weight = 755 g.
References:
Born, H. (1993), "Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen. Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Bd.II ", (Berlin), XVIII, 152-5
Born, H. and Junkelmann, M. (1997) ‘Römische kampf – und Turnierrüstungen’. Sammlung Axel Guttmann VI . (Mainz) , 88, Abb.68
Herman Historica Auction Catalogue No.54 (2008), Lot No.364.
Now kept:
Private collection
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