Saxon Chieftain

This is the Saxon Chieftain that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 191.

Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 91 in the first edition of AEIR.

The code numbers for the AEIR range correspond to the illustrations in the book plus '100', i.e. illustration 1 is figure 101, and so on.

The base is stamped PB 191 on the upper surface in the usual manner.

The description in AEIR gives this fellow javelins in addition to the long spear - perhaps to much for the casting technology of the time to bear!