Silver, 8.83 grams, 32.63 mm. Circa 5th century AD. A silver buckle comprising a cast loop, plate and tongue. The loop is round-section and elliptical, its rear edge trapped by the sheet-silver elliptical plate. The tongue is D-section with the tip extending over the front edge of the loop, and a rectangular block at the rear. The plate is pierced by three dome-headed rivets, the middle one engaging with the plate's extension to the rear of the belt. Reference: cf. the silver belt-set from Borovoye, Lithuania, in Menghin, W. The Merovingian Period - Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007 item III.1.1.1. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.