6th century AD. A fabricated buckle comprising a hollow cast loop, plate and tongue; the loop hollow, formed as a w-shaped shell with a couch for the tongue placed centrally, attached to the forward edge of the plate by a hinge and a small hoop attached to the outer edge; the tongue a solid, D-section bar with the tip extending over the front edge of the loop, and a conical block to the rear with inset amber-coloured cabochon; the plate D-shaped with central rib, chamfered edge; south eastern European workmanship. 25 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s. Cf. Miks, C. Relikte eines Frühmittelalterlichen Oberschichtgrabes? in Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums Mainz, vol.56, 2009, fig 71, item 6.

Fine condition, edges of plate torn.