Helmet strip

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This bronze helmet strip was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It would have reinforced a helmet worn by a member of the auxiliary cavalry sometime between 80 and 180 AD.

The strip is curved, tapering to a point through which a small conical finial has been inserted.

The helmets of the auxiliary cavalry differed from those of the legionary soldiers. Many consisted of a close-fitting iron cap and a neckguard, sheathed in bronze, sometimes with bronze bosses attached.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-819-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 126
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Bronze; with a small conical finial at one end
  Helmet reinforcing strip
  
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• What: Helmet reinforcing strip
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
• Event:
• Description: Helmet reinforcing strip of bronze, from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p. 165, Pl. XXXV, 8. 
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