COLLECTION OF BYZANTINE SILVER BELT BUCKLES. Ca. AD 800 - 900 A collection of three silver belt buckles, including, from left to right: an elongated buckle with oval loop and tongue above a segmented, tapering plate ending in a circular terminal; an openwork buckle plate with incised scrolls; and a compact buckle with oval loop and tongue above a shield-shaped plate incised with opposed spiral motifs, each with attachment studs on the reverse. Size: 26-30mm x 40-65mm; Weight: 68.6g. Provenance: Private London collection; previously part of a late 1990s UK ancient art collection; formerly acquired from a London-based dealer in the 1980s.. For similar see: F. Daim, Byzantine Belt Ornaments of the 7th and 8th Centuries in Avar Contexts, f. 1-4.