Silver cross with the image of the crucified Christ
Pectoral silver cross with the figure of the crucified Christ wearing a long tunic. Over the Christ´s head there is a plate with letters CCXC that may symbolize the sun and the moon. The cross features elements of the Iro-Scottish art as well as of the oriental art, especially of Syrian, as the case may be Coptic art. The cross comes probably from one of the disturbed graves on the Mikulčice acropolis.
Provenance: Mikulčice, site "Valy"
Date: 8th-9th century
Size: 4,1 x 3,3 cm
Storage: Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Brno, CZ