Gavritukhin I.O.
Key words: Moscow region, 7th century, strap-mount, Byzantine influence, Akalan series.

The fragment of the pressed strap-mount found at the multilayer settlement Sosnovka IV in Ozyorsk district, Moscow region is published. The strap-mount belongs to the Akalan series which is considered thoroughly in the article. Closer examples belong to the variant 1 dated from 610/620 to the middle of the 7th century or to the variant close to the finds in Voznesenka of the third thirds of the 7th century. The analysis of the historical situation in the Oka river region argues for the dating of the strap-mount to the second – third fourths of the 7th century and its relation with the Middle Dnieper region. It cannot be ruled out that the strap-mount appeared in the Moscow region much later, for instance, as an imported scrap metal for recasting.