Going for fields with a metal detector looking for coins, a treasure hunter English has an exceptional archaeological discovery: a Roman cavalry helmet, full face mask. The hat represents the face of a solemn-eyed young man, dating back some 2,000 years ago. According to experts, was a ceremonial object, to be worn on parade as suggested Arrian of Nicomedia in a military treaty of Emperor Hadrian, not a protection for soldiers in combat. The discovery has been taken in the village of Crosby Garrett in Cumbria . The young treasure hunter, identified only as a man of about twenty, had for years pursued valuables through metal detectors to the countryside near his farm in North East England . However, so far had found more than a few coins. So you can imagine his surprise when in May, face down in the mud, he spotted the extraordinary bronze helmet: initially thought that it was an ornament of the Victorian age.
If the discovery had been made in Italy the helmet would almost certainly end in a museum . Not so in Britain where the ancient bronze objects are not covered by Treasure Act, a law del 1996 secondo cui solo artefatti vecchi di oltre 300 anni e composti per almeno il 10 per cento in oro o argento devono essere sottoposti a un'inchiesta governativa che ne può condizionare la vendita. Diverso è il caso di un oggetto di bronzo che può così finire sul libero mercato, un fatto che non ha mancato di suscitare polemiche: i proventi saranno divisi a metà tra scopritore e proprietario del campo . E' stato così che l'elmo è finito in mano a Christiés che gli ha dato una stima di 300 mila sterline: poco secondo esperti citati dal Guardian secondo cui il prezioso manufatto potrebbe arrivare a superare il mezzo milione . Tullie House, un museo di Carlisle in Cumbria che ha una importante collection of Roman antiquities, desperately wants to buy a helmet with the blessing of the British Museum. It will be inevitable as a poke in the battle on October 7 when the enigmatic face of bronze curls covered with a Phrygian cap finished at the tip of a griffin will be sold to the highest bidder. Originally the area was so cans must shine like silver griffin and the hat and golden hair was probably: "It 's an extraordinary example of Roman metallurgy at its peak," said Christie's. So far only two have been discovered ceremonial helmets-mask like this: one day in 1796 at the British Museum, the other in 1905 and now at the Museum of Antiquities Edinburgh.
Source: ANSA
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