Coppergate Helmet
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The Coppergate Helmet is an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon helmet found in York, England. It was discovered in May 1982 during excavations for the Jorvik Viking Centre at the bottom of a pit that is thoug
The nasal of the helmet showing decoration composed of two interlaced beasts
Coppergate helmet, dexter profile view
Staffordshire helmet
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The Staffordshire helmet is an Anglo-Saxon helmet discovered in 2009 as part of the Staffordshire Hoard. It is part of the largest discovery of contemporary gold and silver metalwork in Britain, which
Coppergate Helmet
…with the helmet found at Wollaston (1997), joining that find and those at Benty Grange (1848), Sutton Hoo (1939), Yarm (1950s), Shorwell (2004) and Staffordshire (2009), as one of the "crested helmets" that flourished in England and Scandinavia from the sixth through to the eleventh centuries. It is now in the collections…
Cheek guard from the Staffordshire helmet
Replica of the Staffordshire helmet, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery