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'.

Plaque with floral design comprising inset glass cabochons, synthetic rubies and gold-coloured wire detailing. 151 grams, pendant size: 85 x 73 mm



Property of a South West London gentleman.

Including circular and looped bows, barrel-shanks and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 170 grams total, 9-12.2 cm



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

With tubular body expanding toward the rounded base, everted wide rim; repaired. 1.8 kg, 19.5 cm



Ex London, UK, art market, 1990s.

Comprising beads carved from petrified wood with added traditional designs; each pierced for stringing. 96 grams total, 12-46 mm



UK gallery, early 2000s.

Comprising two nut crackers, consisting of two arms hinged at the top, one with ring design on the handles, both with the top inner sections provided with pips to grip the nut. 243 grams total, 24.3 - 25.8 cm



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

Squat in profile with four radiating lugs to the rim with low-relief facial detailing, one with a shallow pouring channel above. 1.4 kg, 15.6 cm



Private UK collection. Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.

Including square and round coin and trade weights, many with stamps and other markings; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 308 grams total, 15-39 mm



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

In several different sizes, some with a thick band to the equator; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 74 grams total, 20-31 mm



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

The larger made from a Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Emmanuel de Rohan (1775-1797), Grandmaster, 2 Scudi, dated 1796: F. EMMANUEL DE ROHAN M . M ., armoured bust right, to the reverse crowned oval shield, beaded and spiked, within sprigs, divided date above; the smaller made from a silver Kingdom of Naples 'Ferdinand IV 1 Carlino (10 Grana) dating 1795. 45.08 grams total, 8.6-15.7 cm



Property of a Northamptonshire lady, by descent.

A portable icon depicting the Crucifixion, Mary and Saint John the Theologian flanking the cross, angels in the upper corners, Golgotha skull under the cross and inscription I.N.R.I. to the upper part of the cross; crenelated frame with hanging loop to the top. 92 grams, 67 mm



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

The scene corresponds to John's Gospel: 'Here is your son.' 'Here is your mother.' (John 19:25-27). Portable icons of this kind were often carried by soldiers or by the travellers during a war, to assure the Divine protection and journey's safety.

Comprising: a single-edged peasant iron dagger with reconstructed wooden handle; a Tudor iron knife with scale tang handle and a decorative pommel; an early type of iron fork (pricker) with reconstructed wooden handle. 633 grams total, knife: 14.5-42.5 cm



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

Knives with long wide blades would have been used at table for carving meat, but in difficult times they could be a proper weapon in the hand of common people. The practice to carrying knives for everyday use continued for many centuries.

Discoid miniature clock face with central hole, Roman numerals in the outer band, rococo design and scroll with 'LONDON'. 6.79 grams, 32 mm



Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector.