Dark Ages Bronze Belt Buckle

After 500 A.D., having a pierced design with a pleasing green patina.

Private North Carolina Collection

Acquired from Michigan antiquities dealer Donna Jacobs, who attributed the piece to Roman times; curator Elsie Peck of the Detroit Institute of Arts countered this claim with an attribution pointing to the post-Roman world.

Overall green patina; some losses to hasps on the underside.