Christies Late Roman helmet: 1 or 2?

[markusaurelius]

If you look at the pictures and take you some time, you will see that the helmets are restored from fragments, and that some of the helmets is modern material. This would also explain why there are no "chunks" missing and why there are no dents etc.

I would agree, were it not for so many other "reconstructed" helmets that still retrain their original look of imperfection. As you notice when looking at Roman artifacts, up close they actually had all the markings of being hand made, with un-precise edges, border etc. (go figure

These clearly re-constructed helmets look much different then the ones in discussion.


[attachment=8708]intercisai2-14.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=8709]intercisai2-17.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=8710]intercisai2-10.jpg[/attachment]

but would rather try to find out something about their context.

Agreed, but it appears to be lacking.