8th-9th century AD. A silver triangular strap tag with decorated surface; Trewhiddle style beast to the central field with contorted s-shaped body within a billeted border; three circular perforations to the upper field; bifurcated to the apex to form the remains two hooks. Cf. West. S. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Finds From Suffolk, East Anglian Archaeology 84, Ipswich, 1998, p.137, no.27. Hammond, B. British Artefacts, volume 2 - Middle Saxon & Viking, Witham, 2010. 4 grams, 37mm (1 1/2"). Found Essex, UK, before 1997; disclaimed as treasure under the Treasure Act in 2008. Tags of this kind were attached to the ends of winingas or coiled lower-leg coverings where the hooks were used to secure the tight wrapping of the fabric.