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LOT 0181
Byzantine Gilt Bronze Decorated Buckle
6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (56 grams, 80 mm).
Comprising: buckle loop with dentilled outer edge, impressed triangular cells; D-section tongue curved over the forward edge of the loop, with rectangular shield to the rear with slot; plate formed as a vesica-shaped rear panel with rosette motif and billetted border, forward edge with cells flanking; knop finial to rear edge; obverse with three pierced lugs for attachment to the belt; ferrous hinge-pin.
ProvenancePrivate UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
Cf. Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, items 439, 442, for type.
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