Gold belt buckle from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo

This magnificent buckle is made of gold and weighs 412.7 grams (almost a pound). It would have been used to fasten the kind of waist belt commonly worn by Anglo-Saxon men at the time, from which might hand a knife and sometimes a leather pouch. The buckle's surfaces are decorated with 13 animals including birds, interwoven snakes and four-legged beasts.