Gothic Gold-Foiled Silver Buckle with Garnet. 5th-6th century A.D. Comprising: round-section graduated silver loop; D-section tongue, forward edge curved over the loop, rear with transverse ribbing; small plate with applied domed cell, ribbed collar, granulated field, inset cabochon garnet. Cf. Aibabin, A.I., Khairedinova, E., Cemetery near the village of Luchistoe (in Russian), Tome 1, Simferopol-Kerch, 2008, fig.32, no.2. 4.58 grams, 28 mm (1 1/8 in.). From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.