Copper-alloy, 39.33 grams, 74.10 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A cast fixed-plate buckle with triangular loop, bearing ribbed decoration on the sides and a lupine face on the outer edge. The square-section wire tongue is fixed into a square aperture near the loop. The concave-sided plate bears an opposed pair of triangular ursine heads, with holes for the attachment rivets between; similar beast-heads are found on 11th century Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup mounts. Reference: cf. beasts-heads on Type 3 Group 1 in Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue. CBA Research Report 111, London, 1997 fig.56. Good very fine condition. Provenance: found Cambridgeshire, England.