8th century AD. A large exquisitely worked phalera of a winged mythical creature with a griffin's head, attacking a stag, the details of the creature's body are finely delineated, the coats of both animals wrought to highlight the musculature, the background finely stippled throughout; to the reverse four small eyelets for attachment. The iconography of which is reminiscent of the motifs found in the gold treasure of Nagyszentmiklós.67.9 grams, 67mm (2 1/2"). From an old private Vienna collection; acquired 1970s-1980s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10536-171045.