Jürgen Hubert
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For #EpigraphyTuesday a Roman infantry helmet (Weisenau type) with an owner’s inscription formed by punched dots on the neck guard: the helmet belonged to Lucius Lucretius Celer, legionary in the centuria of Gaius Mummius Lolianus of the legio I adiutrix.
Found near Mainz in the River Rhine. Dating 1st century AD.
On dislpay at Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
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