Silver, 10.35 grams, 32.46 mm. 10th-11th century AD. A sturdy belt or strap mount in the form of a central vertical bar with addorsed D-shaped lobes. The design comprises a central raised disc with V-shaped punched detailing, from which radiate vertical D-shaped and horizontal leaf-shaped panels. Foliate patterning extends from the panels across the lobes. The substantial attachment rivets are cast integrally, extending from the ends of the ribbed edges. Mounts of this kind were used to decorated sword-belts and other items of military equipment.Reference: cf. the rectangular belt mounts from Šukioniai grave 69 in cf. Griciuviene, E. Ziemgaliai - The Semigallians, Latvian National Museum, 2005, item 674. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. This antiquity is accompanied by an XRF metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.