11-26-2010, 03:21 PM
Salvete,
A very interesting discussion. Re. the speculations on individual preferences of legionary fabricae it may be fun to expand on the list of potential matches:
The following have already been mentioned:
Schaan
Moro Boti
Adria cites a number of similar helmets from the Brigetio area:
Auxiliary B II at Cardiff (all copper)
Auxiliary B III (brass with iron cheek guards and crest finial - private collection)
Gallic J at Caerleon (Iron)
Gallic J at Vienna (iron with cross-bracing)
The Auxiliary B II at Cardiff (all copper) cited by Adrian in his list of helmets from Brigetio is actually not from Brigetio but from Mainz like its close and more famous cousin. It was formerly in Mainz, Marx private collection (Waurick, G., 1976: Die roemischen Militaerhelme von der Zeit der Republik bis ins 3. Jh. n. Chr. 237 S., Mainz, Univ., Diss., 1970; Behn, F.: Sammlung Ludwig Marx in Mainz, Kataloge west- und süddeutscher Altertumssammlungen 2 (1913), 8 No. 65, plate 2; Klumbach, Ein römischer Legionarshelm aus Mainz. Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums 8 1961, 96 ff. no. 6). So this gives us another pair: the two "Auxiliary" helmets from Mainz.
I would add to Adrian's "Brigetio" group a group of "helmets with an established or possible connection with Legio I Adiutrix": The Mainz and the Aquincum are both connected to LEG(io) I ADIV(trix) and both show similarities (bronze with tubes and crest finial), there are a number of other helmets, three of them from the Germanic provinces where this legion was active, which show similar traits: Rijswijk (Wijk bij Duurstede), Netherlands, dredged from the Rhine in 1979, the helmet allegedly found in the Rhine by Nijmegen, Netherlands, private collection, formerly collection Burg in Haarlem, then Brummer Gallery New York, today unknown (Miner-Walters, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore 1947, and from the river Oude Maas near Alem, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Dredging find in 1960 in the Oude Maas by Alem, Province of Noord-Brabant. The helmet formerly in the Axel Guttmann collection, Berlin. Inv. AG 539 and another river find from a private collection have similar properties
the two Herculaneum helmets and
three "Imperial Italic" bronze helmets from the Po/Cremona
also come to mind
the Italic D/E helmets cluster around Mainz or areas where Mainz legions were active (Mainz, Wiesbaden, Gelduba).
Much food for speculation.
A very interesting discussion. Re. the speculations on individual preferences of legionary fabricae it may be fun to expand on the list of potential matches:
The following have already been mentioned:
Schaan
Moro Boti
Adria cites a number of similar helmets from the Brigetio area:
Auxiliary B II at Cardiff (all copper)
Auxiliary B III (brass with iron cheek guards and crest finial - private collection)
Gallic J at Caerleon (Iron)
Gallic J at Vienna (iron with cross-bracing)
The Auxiliary B II at Cardiff (all copper) cited by Adrian in his list of helmets from Brigetio is actually not from Brigetio but from Mainz like its close and more famous cousin. It was formerly in Mainz, Marx private collection (Waurick, G., 1976: Die roemischen Militaerhelme von der Zeit der Republik bis ins 3. Jh. n. Chr. 237 S., Mainz, Univ., Diss., 1970; Behn, F.: Sammlung Ludwig Marx in Mainz, Kataloge west- und süddeutscher Altertumssammlungen 2 (1913), 8 No. 65, plate 2; Klumbach, Ein römischer Legionarshelm aus Mainz. Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums 8 1961, 96 ff. no. 6). So this gives us another pair: the two "Auxiliary" helmets from Mainz.
I would add to Adrian's "Brigetio" group a group of "helmets with an established or possible connection with Legio I Adiutrix": The Mainz and the Aquincum are both connected to LEG(io) I ADIV(trix) and both show similarities (bronze with tubes and crest finial), there are a number of other helmets, three of them from the Germanic provinces where this legion was active, which show similar traits: Rijswijk (Wijk bij Duurstede), Netherlands, dredged from the Rhine in 1979, the helmet allegedly found in the Rhine by Nijmegen, Netherlands, private collection, formerly collection Burg in Haarlem, then Brummer Gallery New York, today unknown (Miner-Walters, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Baltimore 1947, and from the river Oude Maas near Alem, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. Dredging find in 1960 in the Oude Maas by Alem, Province of Noord-Brabant. The helmet formerly in the Axel Guttmann collection, Berlin. Inv. AG 539 and another river find from a private collection have similar properties
the two Herculaneum helmets and
three "Imperial Italic" bronze helmets from the Po/Cremona
also come to mind
the Italic D/E helmets cluster around Mainz or areas where Mainz legions were active (Mainz, Wiesbaden, Gelduba).
Much food for speculation.
Regards,
Jens Horstkotte
Munich, Germany
Jens Horstkotte
Munich, Germany
