Copper-alloy, 4.06 grams, 54.23 mm.12th-14th century AD. A cast mount with reserved animal design against a hatched background within bilinear borders. The beast is shown with its profile head turned backwards, its legs advancing and its tail raised. The hole for the attachment rivet is in the ragged forward edge. Reference: cf. buckle plate in Murawski, P. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 item M12-0408. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Essex, England.