Copper-alloy, 14.31 grams, 27.80 mm. Circa 10th – 11th century AD. A mount of Williams's Class A Type 8 featuring an animal head at the apex (lost in antiquity) and two extended animal-head projections on the base joined by raised elliptical bodies. The bodies contain tongue-shaped recesses with niello inlay; the central panel above the rivet-holes features both a niello background and step-pattern silver wire inlay in three columns. The rear flange is complete, with one rivet still in place. The upper loop is missing. Reference: Williams, D. Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts - A Classification and Catalogue, CBA Research Report 111, Oxford, 1997, p.47ff. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Suffolk, England.