| 43 out from the inside. In front two cutouts above the eyes. Connected in the centre by a hollow forged ridge with eight rivets driven through the ridge and edge of the calotte halves on each side. Above the cutouts for the eyes, a nasal with a central bend and lateral, solid arches with a central ridge. Two rivets are driven through each of these arches, which additionally connect the bowl halves at the forehead. The cheek flaps are connected on the outside by a hinge with a threepart joint and semicircular fittings on both sides with three rivets each. The underside of the cheek flaps slightly flared at the edge and curved in an S-shape, extended deeper towards the bottom, with two arched cutouts at the front. Ahole for lacing in the front angle. The neck guard, projecting outwards after a bend at the back, is also connected to the calotte by a similar hinge, but with a trapezoidal fitting at the top. The right cheek flap replaced in the middle and lower part, as well as the tip of the nasal. Otherwise conservatively treated, very good original condition. Length from nasal to neck guard 30 cm. Height from the lower edge of the cheek flaps to the crest 30 cm. Width 18 cm. Rarely available example from the group of Late Roman crest helmets that broke with the tradition of Early andMiddle Imperial helmets whose bowls were hammered from a single piece. Typical of late Roman helmets, this one was now constructed in many pieces. In addition, a shield boss that probably originally belonged to the same complex in a remarkably similar state of preservation. The upper, almost hemispherical part is eight-fold faceted, the lower part is inwardly recessed. The circular rim of 2.5 cm width protruding almost at right angles is pierced with three pairs of square rivet holes. Diameter 15.5 cm. Height 9 cm. Provenance: From the estate of a South German militaria collector, acquired in 2010 at Hermann Historica in auction 59, lot 67. Previously private collection USA, acquired in the 1980s. Published and exhibited in “Attila and the Huns”, Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer 2007, catalogue p. 250 f. Last illustrated and reviewed in Miks, Christian, “Ein spätrömischer Depotfund aus Koblenz am Rhein. Studien zu den Kammhelmen der späten Kaiserzeit”, 2014, p. 231 and plates 119 - 121. Further literature with mention of the helmet listed there. 307712 II € 25.000 13
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