09-11-2007, 12:50 AM
As far as I am aware, virtually all rims from aspides that survive have this 'traditional' woven guilloche pattern. It seems to be rather like the 'seam' incised into one-piece Illyrian helmets long after they were made in two parts, a tradition that carried on.
"dulce et decorum est pro patria mori " - Horace
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff
(It is a sweet and proper thing to die for ones country)
"No son-of-a-bitch ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country" - George C Scott as General George S. Patton
Paul McDonnell-Staff