Gilded copper-alloy, 1.48 grams, 19.47 mm. Early 7th century AD. The flared trapezoidal mount features linear zoomorphic decoration in Salin’s Style II within a ribbed border. Pelta mounts are characteristic if late 6th and early 7th bridle furniture, for example the finds from Mound 17 (the horse-and-rider burial) at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk. Reference: Carver, M. Sutton Hoo. A Seventh-Century Princely Burial Ground and its Context Report of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London, no.69, 2005 p.229 fig.112 item 25cii. Very fine condition.