English: 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.