330, Lot: 533. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Bronze buckle with paste inlays. Byzantine, 5th-8th centuries AD. Bronze buckle with several paste inlays in yellow, red, and green forming a cross on a standard, surrounded by the inscription KIEBOM ΘΙΤΟϐΜ. Two attachments on back. Maximum length: 46mm. Break at base of buckle and on frontal attachment on back, otherwise a very well preserved specimen.