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Crest holders / Sidon helmet - Theodosius the Great - 09-01-2010
Hello,
I'm wondering if there have been crest holders, similar to the pins used on imperial Roman helmets, found in a non-Roman, Greco-Hellenistic context.
The Sidon helmet would appear to have such a holder based on this frescoe : http://www.ancientbattles.com/thureopho ... phoros.jpg
Does anyone not think that the soldier is using a holder or pin to attach the crest ?
Thanks in advance.
~Theo
Re: Crest holders / Sidon helmet - PMBardunias - 09-01-2010
I admit to not knowing much about roman attachments, but the horn-shaped projections on Tarantine and other Magna Grecian pilos helms are secured by a pin.