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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8129605, member: 128351&quot;]On Republican Roman didrachms and later denarii the crest of Roma&#039;s helmet always represents a griffin. </p><p>Among the bronze material found by the Italo-American team on the site of the Aegates Islands naval battle (241 BC, Rome vs Carthage, decisive victory for Rome), there are bronze rams from the sunken ships, and helmets. One of these has a crest representing a griffin&#039;s head : </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416047[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416048[/ATTACH] </p><p>These helmets are all &quot;Montefiorino type&quot;, after specimens found in Celtic graves of Northern Italy. We know that the Romans had adopted for themselves pieces of armament inspired by the Gauls, but also that the Carthaginians had hired many Gallic mercenaries, so we cannot say if this helmet belonged to a warrior fighting on the Roman or Carthaginian side.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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