9th-11th century AD. A mixed group of silver buckles comprising: four kidney-shaped buckles with triangular integral plate, rivet to each corner; a looped buckle with flat-section tongue; a rectangular buckle with integral loop to the rear, tongue absent. 55 grams total, 22-40mm (1 - 1 1/2"). Property of a European businessman; from his private Belgian collection formed in the 1990s; previously in a North American collection formed in Illinois in the 1980s. [6, No Reserve]