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Name: Auxiliary Cavalry H 3 (Eichstätt/Pfünz)
Robinson type: Auxiliary Cavalry H
Findspot: Xanten-Wardt (DEU)?
Date: 1st century AD.
Now kept: Williabaldsburg, Eichstätt, (DEU)
Dimensions: Unknown
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Remarks:
  • Bronze helmet, silver plated.
  • There is a broad bronze strip applied over the ear openings.
  • High on the crown there is what appears to be a pair of bronze circles, one to each side.
  • The neck guard is decorated on the edge with a twisted bronze wire.
  • Photos (c) Christian Koepfer.
References:
  • Robinson, H.R. (1975), "The Armour of Imperial Rome", (Arms & Armour Press), p.101, No.288-9
Now kept: Eichstätt

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