The reconstructed helmet — which consists of a cap, cheek pieces, a mask and a neck guard — is made primarily out of iron and copper alloy, with accents of silver, gold, tin, enamel and garnet.

The helmet's fame and dramatic studded appearance means it could never easily be sold, raising fears the thieves were after the gold itself. "It is simply unsellable. The whole world knows it.

Archaeologists have discovered more than $318,000 worth of gold and silver coins believed to have been used by pagans as "devil's money" at a rare Medieval worship site in the Netherlands.

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What it tells us about the past: This helmet was discovered in pieces in an early-medieval ship burial at the archaeological site of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, in the late 1930s. On display ...

Gold stands at about $89,000 per kilo, and the helmet is estimated to weigh slightly less than that. "It is not only about the gold. It is about the cultural heritage," Tupan said.