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The Latin inscription on the Coppergate helmet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

J. W. Binns ,
E. C. Norton  and
D. M. Palliser
J. W. Binns
Affiliation:
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, King's Manor, York YO1 2EP
E. C. Norton
Affiliation:
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, King's Manor, York YO1 2EP
D. M. Palliser
Affiliation:
Department of History, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX
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Abstract

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The Coppergate helmet, found in central York in 1982 and of Anglo-Saxon date, bears a Latin inscription. A new reading of the inscription is offered, and a different view consequently taken of its significance.

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Antiquity , Volume 64 , Issue 242 , March 1990 , pp. 134 - 139
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1990

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