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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2904384, member: 84744&quot;]An addendum to the helmets stuff... it has been noted that the Franks primarily or even exclusively used the spangenhelm type, but I think this Merovingian denier/denarius shows a ridge helmet:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]700273[/ATTACH] </p><p>Apparently some Roman arms and armour were used past late antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.&nbsp; This coin was issued around 700.&nbsp; One wonders if it inherits more from Rome than its denomination name...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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