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of the helmet, where it is not broken away or too much corroded, may be seen a series of small holes that were doubtless for attaching the lining.
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Fig. 61. Conical helmet
Sassanian(?). Probably from Van. VIth to IXth century. British Museum
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Fig. 62. Gold plate from the brow of a helmet
It belonged possibly to Agilulf, King of the Langobards (590-615) Bargello Museum, Florence
There has been of late years a controversy by experts as to whether or no this particular class of helmet, to which this and all the remaining conical head-pieces to which we shall allude belong, are not of a far greater
