Who wore the Coppergate helmet?
The helmet was found to be made of iron, with applied brass-work containing approximately 85% copper. It is very like the helmets depicted being worn by Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian cavalrymen on one of the Pictish Aberlemno Sculptured Stones, believed to depict the Battle of Dun Nechtain of 685. Who did the York Helmet belong to? The…