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| Item details |
| Name: |
Auxiliary cavalry ACE 03 (Paris) |
| Robinson type: |
Auxiliary Cavalry E |
| Findspot: |
Mercey, the Soane river. (FRA) |
| Date: |
second quarter, 2nd century AD. |
| Now kept: |
Musée des Antiquités Nationales, St. Germain-en-Laye |
| Dimensions: |
Unknown |
| Discuss on RAT: |
http://www.roma...wforum.php?f=45 |
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Remarks
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| Remarks: |
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Bronze.
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There is a wide bronze sheet applied around the ear openings and across the brow.
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Two large reinforcing bars cross the skull at right angles and are joined by a 'half-lap' joint in the centre.
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The occiput region extends very low down and there is a small neck flange at the base.
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| References: |
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Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.96, No.260-1
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| Now kept: |
Paris |
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