

Shoe Buckle, 400–450
Hunnic or Frankish
Gold, garnets
Hunnic or Frankish
Gold, garnets
L. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.697)
It is possible that buckles like this one were made in Byzantine workshops and given to barbarians in an effort to persuade them to become Roman allies.







