Silver, 9.23 grams, 26.36 mm. 8th-9th century AD. A thick (about 5mm) rectangular belt-mount bearing cast decoration in the form of a central lozenge with radiating segmented saltire; within each quadrant is a lozenge with incuse cross decoration. The raised border consists of lozengiform panels with incuse crosses. The mount has a piercing for a mounting pin at one end, in which the pin is still in situ. There is an additional larger piercing through the central lozenge added later. The decoration is similar in layout to contemporary Anglo-Saxon items such as those in the Pentney hoard. Reference: Webster, L & Backhouse, J. The Making of England. Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900, London, 1991, p.230 fig.187. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, not found in the UK.