Roman Cavalry Face Mask

This was just discovered in Turkey...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...MASK-dating-1-800-years-uncovered-Turkey.html

Reading the article I was curious if there are any depictions of these face masks on Roman coins. I think not.

 

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That's a neat artifact, to be sure! But I had to laugh at "confirming the existence of the Roman Empire in the region" -- the region being Hadrianopolis.

I'm pretty sure this confirms the Roman empire was there.


Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman provincial Æ 21.7 mm, 5.81 g, 6 h.
Phrygia, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste; Poteitos, archon, AD 198-209.
Obv: M AV ANTƱNЄI, laureate and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑ APX ΠOTЄITO, Tyche standing, left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiae.
Refs: BMC 25.225,4 var.; SNG Cop 407 (same obv. die); Lindgren 959 var.; Babelon IW 6069.

 

I'm sure the Romans were at my place, this mask was found a mile from my house,amongst many other Roman things.

 

We must live very close to each other! It’s about five KM from where I live

 

There isn't much left of that mask .

 

Andres, that looks like a theater mask .

 

i live opposite of the Matillo castellum, near the Stierenbrug.

Could be, but it was found under the entrance bridge of the Matillo castellum , a Roman cohort was stationed overthere.