Summary

Helmet reinforcing strip of bronze, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 126

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Helmet mounting of bronze, probably portion of a crest, with a small conical finial at one end, from the Praetentura. "Rom. Fron. Post," p. 165, Pl. XXXV, 8.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Newstead Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1905

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1915

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

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