10th century AD. A suite of silver belt and strap fittings comprising: a buckle with ellipsoid loop, curved D-section tongue with vertical post to the rear, openwork plate with addorsed boar-heads(?), pierced lug to the reverse; four openwork tongue-shaped plaques in the form of addorsed gryphon heads with dolphins(?) below; four similar plaques with a heart-shaped void between the heads; seven tongue-shaped strap ends with openwork scroll ornament; a larger similar strap end; a square plate with buckle loop and tongue to two opposite edges; a ring brooch with clusters of three granules to the bow, coiled pin. See Fodor, I. The Ancient Hungarians, Budapest, 1996, p.375 for type. 294 grams total, 3.5-12.5cm (1 1/2 - 5"). From the collection of a North London gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. [19] Fine condition.