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<p>[QUOTE="Ronalovich, post: 8081625, member: 131529"]I'm not exactly sure, but this helmet has always reminded me of the Pseudo-Corinthian helmet from the Roman Republic.</p><p><img src="https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/492740f1-f7ac-4ef7-9efc-85fe09e7b673/dcc7rr0-aba6f7a4-505b-4942-bf73-3fed6647529a.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1645,q_75,strp/triarii_by_josephqiuart_dcc7rr0-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTY0NSIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzQ5Mjc0MGYxLWY3YWMtNGVmNy05ZWZjLTg1ZmUwOWU3YjY3M1wvZGNjN3JyMC1hYmE2ZjdhNC01MDViLTQ5NDItYmY3My0zZmVkNjY0NzUyOWEuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEwMjQifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.SSqTPEvk6Q1yGTPHuT6YXbxfPMmoEqt6PQb2m2y7V_M" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It doesn't seem quite accurate to this, but it definitely looks to be based off of a Corinthian helmet. Maybe like the radiate crown, it was just a piece of iconography used on the coinage and it didn't actually exist. I would think that any high officer and certainly the emperor could get a custom made helmet like this one, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ronalovich, post: 8081625, member: 131529"]I'm not exactly sure, but this helmet has always reminded me of the Pseudo-Corinthian helmet from the Roman Republic. [IMG]https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/492740f1-f7ac-4ef7-9efc-85fe09e7b673/dcc7rr0-aba6f7a4-505b-4942-bf73-3fed6647529a.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_1645,q_75,strp/triarii_by_josephqiuart_dcc7rr0-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTY0NSIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzQ5Mjc0MGYxLWY3YWMtNGVmNy05ZWZjLTg1ZmUwOWU3YjY3M1wvZGNjN3JyMC1hYmE2ZjdhNC01MDViLTQ5NDItYmY3My0zZmVkNjY0NzUyOWEuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEwMjQifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.SSqTPEvk6Q1yGTPHuT6YXbxfPMmoEqt6PQb2m2y7V_M[/IMG] It doesn't seem quite accurate to this, but it definitely looks to be based off of a Corinthian helmet. Maybe like the radiate crown, it was just a piece of iconography used on the coinage and it didn't actually exist. I would think that any high officer and certainly the emperor could get a custom made helmet like this one, though.[/QUOTE]
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