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Name:
Cavalry Sports CSC 03 (Stuttgart)
Robinson type:
Cavalry Sports C
Findspot:
from Ruit, Kreis Esslingen, found in the celler of a villa, to the south east of Ruit in the winter of 1880/1, together with the rest of an iron helmet. (DEU)
Date:
late 2nd to 3rd century AD.
Now kept:
Landesmuseum Stuttgart, R172,7
Dimensions:
H: 220mm; B, 200mm
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Remarks:
Iron with bronze features
The embossed hair on the skull piece is tightly curled and arranged in concentric circles. A ribbon also encircles the crown.
Photos, (c) Luc de Vos
References:
Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome ", (Arms & Armour Press), p.114, No.322
Garbsch, J., (1978), "Römische Paraderüstungen " p.69, O.34 & Taf.23, No.4
Now kept:
Stuttgart
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