6th century AD. A bronze belt-mount suite comprising: a buckle with domed loop, tongue with pelta-shaped rear, triangular plaque with five domed bosses; triangular counter plate with three bosses; tongue-shaped strap end with band of transverse hatching. Cf. Nice, A. Revue Archéologique de Picardie: La Nécropole Mérovingienne de Goudelancourt-lès-Pierrepont (Aisne), Senlis, 2008, item S.302 for type. 149 grams total, 4.5-14cm (1 3/4 - 5 1/4"). Property of an Essex gentleman since 2010; formerly in an old Dutch collection. [3] Fair condition.