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'.

Heater-shaped with raised border and reserved three lions passant gardant on an enamelled field. 5.02 grams, 32 mm



Found Wiltshire, UK.

Shield-shaped with the arms of de Bohun: Azure, a bend argent cotised or between six lions rampant or; accompanied by a pendant hanger. 17.8 grams total, 45-49 mm



Found Lincolnshire, UK. From an old private collection of Norfolk, UK, gentleman, formed since 1998.

Comprising hook-ended examples together with one square-ended example. 8 kg total, 25-48 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

During the Roman period chopping tools such as cleavers were predominantly used whilst during the medieval period knives and cleavers were the preferred tools for butchering carcasses. Cleavers were also often depicted in medieval art as having riveted handles. Such handles made a cleaver more durable, whilst using steel as a component of the blade made it last longer.

Comprising a hoop with a raised boss to the back and a plain triangular plaque. 9.31 grams, 33.69 mm overall, 20.50 mm internal diameter (approximate size British W, USA 11, Europe 25, Japan 24)



Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.

Including hooked harness buckle, staff ferrule and other items; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 734 grams total, 5-18.5 cm



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

Comprising a U-shaped body with hinged terminals, curved extension to the rear to accept a rowel. 28.3 grams, 60 mm



From an old English collection, 1990s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Formed as a cross-crosslet, the symbol of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, with punched-point border, short pin to verso. 0.56 grams, 16 mm



Found Suffolk, UK.

The 'Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem' was an order of knighthood under the protection of the Pope, formed around 1099 AD by Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade. It was established for the protection of pilgrims travelling to the Holy Land and was recognised by a Papal Bull in about 1113 AD.

Including flat- and rounded-top types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 58 grams total, 16-23 mm



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

With a wide flat-section hoop and square bezel, chevron motifs to the shoulders, bezel with a stylised hourglass or X-motif flanked by two pairs of hatched triangles. 8.47 grams, 20.83 mm overall, 19.14 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)



UK private collection before 2000. On the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.

Including double-loop, hinged, scrolled and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 524 grams total, buckles: 2.4-10 cm



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

Comprising a single cutting edge; scale tang with bifacial pommel engraved with stylised flowerheads. 37 grams, 17.5 cm



Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.

Discoid in form with rosette, raised square, incised initial 'H' and other types. 283 grams total, 27-48 mm



Ex Simmons gallery, London, UK. Ex North London collection, 1990s.