Coppergate Helmet

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The Coppergate Helmet is an 8th century Anglo-Saxon spangenhelm in York. It has two cheek plates, a mail curtain and a nose-guard, and is richly decorated with brass ornamentation. The brass band across the crest bears a Latin inscription:

IN NOMINE : DNI : NOSTRI : IHV : SCS : SPS : DI : ET : OMNIBVS : DECEMVS : AMEN: OSHERE : XPI

"In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and God; and to all we say Amen. Oshere."

The helmet had been hidden in a well found near what is now the JORVIK Viking Centre, and was damaged as it was uncovered by a mechanical digger in 1982. It is now in the Yorkshire Museum.

[edit] References

• Tweddle, Dominic. The Anglian Helmet from Coppergate. Council for British Archaeology 1992

[edit] See also

• Sutton Hoo Helmet
• Viking Age arms and armour

[edit] External links

• http://www.vikingsna.org/HelmResearch/Coppergate.htm