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Name: Cavalry Sports CSB 08 (Unknown)
Robinson type: Cavalry Sports B
Findspot: Possibly Bulgaria. (BGR)
Date: between 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
Now kept: Formerly in the Axel Guttmann collection, Berlin. Inv. AG 813. Present whereabouts unknown. Sold in Herman Historica auction, 2003.
Dimensions: H, 222mm; B, 190mm; Th., 1-2mm (corroded)
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Item details
Remarks:
  1. Iron sheet.
  2. A two-piece mask, forged from a single sheet of sheet iron. The design is that of a beardless youth, with piercings fro the eyes, mouth and nostrils.
  3. The mask has short sideburns and realisic ears. The hair is combed over the forehead in relief curls. The hinge is missing. There are holes for the rivets for the attachment of the neck band.
  4. At the lower edge of the mask, approximately below the ears, there are two slightly outwardly bent 'winglets' that would have served to deflect sword blows.
  5. Weight: 0.85 Kg.
References:
  1. Junkelmann, M., (2000), "Römische Helme", (Berlin), p.196-7, Abb.107, 108
  2. Herman Heritage Auction Catalogue (2003), Lot.086
Now kept: Unknown

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