"A 7th-8th Century Silver And Enamel Belt Buckle Featuring Pegasus"
7th-8th century AD Silver belt buckle with enamel with rectangular body and integrated fastening loop, relief figure of a stylized winged horse (Pegasus) on the plate. For a comparable example in bronze, see Papanikola-Bakirtzi, D. (ed.), Daily Life in Byzantium. Byzantine Hours. Works and Days in Byzantium, Exhibition Catalogue, Thessaloniki, White Tower October 2001-January 2002, Athens, 2002, no. 483. Belt buckles of this typology have been widely found in the territories of the Eastern Roman Empire and have been found in the excavations of Corinth, Istanbul and Varna. They were found mainly in male graves and may be a type of belt buckle used by Roman soldiers of the time.