Copper-alloy, 4.43 grams, 40.28 mm. Circa 10th-12th century AD. The piece consists of a tongue-shaped plate with a circular-section bar extension looped round to become a flat counter-plate. There are two piercings for attachment rivets, one of which is in place. The obverse decoration consists of an elongated chevron formed from offset opposed triangular punchmarks. The fitting was one of a series worn vertically on the belt with the loop on the lower edge: it formed part of the suspension mechanism for the wearer’s sword, knife and pouch. Reference: belts of this kind are illustrated in plate 111 of Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ygri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987. Provenance: eastern Baltic, from an old European collection. Very fine condition.