
SHEET OF GILT COPPER – EARLY 7TH CENTURY– MUSEO NAZIONALE, FLORENCE
The King is wrapped in a cloak: his long hair, parted on his forehead and falling to the sides of his face, is characteristic of the Lombards, as was the beard, which is considered an honorary attribute of virility and therefore recalled even in epitaphs. The uniforms of the soldiers of the king’s guard consists of a slightly ogival helmet, topped with a plume, of a cataphracted armour plate, a spear, a sword, and of a round shield with an umbo.
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