Christies Late Roman helmet: 1 or 2?

[caiusbeerquitius]

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.

There are also several restored helmets which have just this look of perfection. If the helmet database would still be up, I would be able to give reference. Just check out several of the "Niederbieber" types. Also some of the more recent restoration reports of Roman helmets show similar situations. Think Hallaton Helmet, perhaps.

@ Robert: Maybe contact the auctioneers? Probably Balkan finds, I´d guess. Like some examples from the Guttmann collection. Again we learn how shitty objects without a context can actually be.