Copper-alloy, 5.77 grams, 31.91 mm. 8th-9th century AD. A substantial Middle Saxon strap end. The body is not made from two plates soldered together (the normal Anglo-Saxon design) but from a single solid block cast with a bifurcation and central rivet-hole, with the rivet still in place. The finial is an animal-head with prominent ears and a rounded muzzle. Reference: the animal-head is similar to an example from Bamburgh castle, Northumberland, published in Webster, L & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.234 item 195. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Kent.