Helmet of Peretu explained

Created:	4th century BC
Discovered Date:	1971
Discovered Place:	Teleorman, Romania
Location:	Bucharest, Romania

The Helmet of Peretu (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Coiful de la Peretu) is a Geto-Dacian silver helmet dating from the 4th century BC, housed in the National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest.^[1] It comes from the Peretu area, in the Teleorman County, Romania.^[2] There were 57 artifacts made of silver and bronze weighing in total 2585g.^[3] The helmet is similar to the Helmet of Coţofeneşti and other three Getian gold or silver helmets discovered so far.^[4]

See also

• Getae

Notes and References

1. MOSCALU, E., Das thrako-getische Fürstengrab von Peretu in Rumänien. Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 70, 1989 (1990) pp. 129–190.
2. On the circumstances of the find see MOSCALU, E., Das thrako-getische Fürstengrab von Peretu in Rumänien. Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 70, 1989 (1990) pp. 129–190, here pp. 131–133.
3. MOSCALU, E., Das thrako-getische Fürstengrab von Peretu in Rumänien. Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 70, 1989 (1990) pp. 129–190, here pp. 187–189.
4. MOSCALU, E., Das thrako-getische Fürstengrab von Peretu in Rumänien. Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 70, 1989 (1990) pp. 129–190, here pp. 159–162.