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Name: Auxiliary Cavalry G 1 (Leiden)
Robinson type: Auxiliary Cavalry G
Findspot: Dredging operation in the Waal at Nijmegan. (NLD)
Date: 2nd century AD
Now kept: Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden, Leiden, The Netherlands Inv. e 1939/6.1
Dimensions: H, 290mm; B, 250mm; L: 235mm
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Remarks:
  • The picture as oiginally shown in HRR's work is somewhat different. The piece now seems to be displayed with a face mask.
  • The distinguishing feature seems to be the transversally ridged brow plate embossed with projecting laurel and oak leaves and a central human bust.
  • The left side carries a plume tube that may have had a companion on the right.
  • A surviving cheek piece is faced on the iron with a thin bronze sheet embossed with a mounted Dioscurus within a 'pearled' frame. A simulated 'ear' is embossed in the upper rear corner.
  • At the centre of the occiput is an applied bronze boss, embossed to represent a rose-like flower.
References:
  • Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.98, No.269-71
  • Klumbach, H., (1974), "Römische Helme aus Niedergermanien", (Bonn), p.46 & Taf.33
Now kept: Leiden

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