7th-8th century A.D. A bronze belt buckle with rectangular body and integral fastening loop, embossed figure of a stylised winged horse (Pegasus) to the plate. Cf. Papanikola-Bakirtzi, D. (ed.), Everyday life in Byzantium. Byzantine Hours. Works and days in Byzantium, Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, White Tower October 2001-January 2002, Athens, 2002, no.483, for the type. 18.2 grams, 47 mm (1 7/8 in.) German art market before 2000. With a European gentleman living in the UK. Property of a Surrey gentleman. Belt buckles of this typology were widely found in the territories of the Roman Eastern Empire, and have been found in the excavations of Corinth, Istanbul and Varna. They were mainly found in male graves, and could be a type of belt buckle used by the Roman soldiers of the period. [No Reserve]

Fine condition.