Ca. 500-600 AD.A group of three gold and bronze fittings consisting of (from left) a pair of round plaques with ribbed border and a cross motif within a circle, equipped with bronze studs for attachment, and a plaque with three conjoined cells with rhomboid garnets framed with decorative border, two studs to the rear. At the time of the fall of the Roman Empire, other cultures began to evolve, grow and eventually prosper and their culture and art thrived. The Merovingians (476-750 AD) were one such group and they are traditionally reckoned as the "first race” of the kings of France.Size: L:15.9-25.8mm / W:7.6-16mm ; 5.35gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s