Image: Reiterscheibe von Pliezhausen v2
Description: Gold bracteate from Pleizhausen, Germany, 6th or 7th century. Depiction of the "horse-stabber underhoof" scene, adapted from Roman era gravestones of members of the Roman cavalry. Descriptions: Michael Speidel, Ancient Germanic warriors: warrior styles from Trajan's column to Icelandic sagas, Routledge, 2004, ISBN 9780415311991, p. 162. Harald Kleinschmidt, People on the move: attitudes toward and perceptions of migration in medieval and modern Europe, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003, ISBN 9780275974176, p. 66.
Title: Reiterscheibe von Pliezhausen v2
Credit: Landesmuseum Württemberg
Author: altered version by User:AndreasPraefcke of a photograph by User:Bullenwächter (Original file: Image:Reiterscheibe von Pliezhausen.jpg)
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