Helmet / cheek piece

Description

Helmet cheek-piece from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 1003

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Helmet / cheek piece

Date

80 - 180

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Iron, Bronze

Physical description

Iron, overlaid with bronze; two portions of a plate; remains of a double moulding around the edge; in centre of the larger piece what appears to be two legs of a human figure

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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