Carved with soft facial features and carefully executed cosmetic lines around the eye, earring, and carefully detailed duplex wig with gently wavy curls; likely from the Ramesside Period; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Modelled in the round with a muscular nude body, his club resting on his shoulder and the hair dressed in rows of tight, close-set curls underneath the Nemean lionskin hood with cloak billowing over his left arm, the paws tied across his chest; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

Carved head of a prepubescent worshipper of Isis, with soft facial features, long nose, small downturned mouth, heavy-lidded eyes, the whole giving the face a sombre or mournful appearance; the hair textured to indicate a short cut and combed forward across the scalp, sidelock above the right ear; mounted on a 16th century carved breccia upper body with leather cuirass and pteruges to right shoulder, cloak draped across the shoulders and fastened at the clavicle on the right side with a disc-brooch; socle base; some restoration.

Modelled in the round and originally part of a monumental statue, the naturalistic right foot encased in a trochades leather sandal with median reversed tongue secured with side straps and thick looped laces; the thick platform sole slightly curved, toes and nails well defined; mounted on a substantial custom-made display stand.

Modelled in the half-round, nude with eyelids half-closed in sleep; a drapery partly covering the head and wrapping around the lower body under the hips; the hairstyle similar to those of the Antonine Dynasty, the peaceful face supported by the hands and the ear pierced to accept an earring; iron reinforcing rod to the feet and the right arm's armilla a later replacement; upper head restored in Parian marble.

An imposing panel divided to four sections by a central cross on a stepped pedestal, the lower and upper arm with branch-like extensions; the upper quadrants with a circlet surrounding a palm tree-shaped motif; each lower quadrant with a bird in profile facing back; mounted on a custom-made display stand.

Carved skull on a short neck with musculature and blood vessels; mandible in place with some teeth in sockets, wisps of hair adhering to the dome of the skull; one zygomatic bone partly absent; square-section socle base.

Carved in the half-round head of a Bodhisattva (probably Maitreya) with fine detailing to the arched brow, aquiline nose, neat moustache and full lips; the eyes heavily lidded, urna to the forehead, long open lobes to the ears; the hair in multi-stranded curling locks gathered into an ushnisha with brow-band below; heavily cleaned, conserved, and mounted on a custom-made stand; supplied with original old wooden base with collector's label: 'Head of Bodhisattva / Fine grain schist / Gandhara, Northwest Pakistan / 4th century'.

Mainly formed with broad plate and countersunk rectangular nail-holes. 1.2 kg total, 2.5-13.5 cm



From the collection of B. Posey, Germany 1990s.

Group of three single-edged knife blades, each in a later whittle-tang handle with a laminated illustration of a medieval male costume. 213 grams total, 17-20.5 cm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Chessman type with dense 'IHS' monogram. 7.9 grams, 25 mm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Mixed group of mainly bronze buckles, buckle plates and buckle loops, some with mounting tags. 161 grams total, 13-42 mm



Found near York, UK.

Squat in profile with foliage and scrolls to the sidewall, deep bowl and pouring lip. 6.25 kg, 28 cm wide



From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Discoid seal with loop to the reverse, legend and central device of the vernicle. 4.07 grams, 21 mm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Discoid seal with designs to both faces: obverse, facing figure with crozier in left hand and right hand raised in the gesture of blessing, surrounding legen '+HVGO DEI GRACIA ABBAS' (Hugh, abbot by the grace of God); reverse, domed temple building with surrounding legend '+SIGILLVM TEMPLI DOMIN[I]' (seal of the Lord's temple). 16.1 grams, 27 mm



Found Suffolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of UK Detector Finds Database (UKDFD) report no.57066.

The 'Hugo' referred to in the legend is probably the Abbot Hugh who was active from 1157 to 1180 AD. This seal provides valuable evidence for the overall appearance of the Cathedral at Bury in the 12th century.

Shield-shaped and inlaid with enamel, Or/Argent on a fess Gules three roundels Or/Argent; loop absent. 12.6 grams, 42 mm



Found Weeting-with-Broomhill, Norfolk, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.NMS-68D99F.

Hollow-formed rectangular strap-end with lozengiform block and pierced lug; reserved 'I' on a hatched field with scrolls and other ornament. 39.6 grams, 76 mm



Found whilst searching in Devon and Somerset, UK.

Including Tudor oblong, openwork, rosette and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 193 grams total, 10-17 mm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Comprising an iron bolt-head with square-section shaft, an iron hook with mounting socket and a rounded cobble with keeled edge. 733 grams total, 12.1-30 cm



From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.

Discoid appliqué with curved rim, chased border, repoussé image of a stag running in a landscape. 6.88 grams, 61 mm



Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman.