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'.

Squat amber glass vessel with piriform body and vertical ribbing, tubular neck with everted rolled rim. 21.8 grams, 63 mm



From a London gentleman's glass collection, UK, 1990s.

The coin of Constantine the Great (272-337 A.D.) mounted on 22 carat gold foil, framed with an art print signed by the artist David McAllister, depicting scenes of Roman military activity; limited edition number 229/1150. 1.26 kg, 49.5 x 37.5 cm



UK gallery, early 2000s. Accompanied by a previous certificate of authenticity.

David McAllister's exciting design is a 'one of a kind' work that portrays the might and riches of the Roman civilisation. This limited edition print is a celebration of the award winning artist's lifetime dedication to historical paintings of the ancient world. To enhance appreciation of this rare and historic work, each individual print is signed and numbered by the artist.

With ellipsoid plaque, incuse image of a robed female in profile holding a cornucopia, possibly Fortuna. 7.05 grams, 21.58 mm overall, 16.36 mm internal diameter (approximate size British I, USA 4 1/4, Europe 7.44, Japan 7)



Private collection, England.

Modelled in the round as a facing female with head turned slightly right, with semi-naturalistic facial detailing and dressed hair; lead-filled. 4.2 kg, 13.5 cm high



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

Steelyard weights in the form of human or deities' faces were not uncommon in the Roman period (see SWYOR-DA4426, OXON-4391B5, HAMP-BD4D67 and NARC-7A7B81 on the PAS). These were generally filled with lead and had iron or copper suspension loops projecting from the top of the head.

Comprising: an oval orange carnelian intaglio with a bow and tall amphora; a red jasper intaglio with a sword and palm branch. 0.44 grams total, 8-9 mm



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

Discoid with stepped profile, reserved bust of a winged putto holding a lyre. 2.5 grams, 17 mm



Collected from 1970-1999. From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.

Including cow-bell, hemispherical, jingle and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 126 grams total, 23-67 mm



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

Plate brooch formed as an S-shaped La Tène scroll with trumpet and bulb detailing, catch and pin to the reverse. 10 grams, 39 mm



Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late-1990s.

Carved in the round with soft features and dignified expression, the hair dressed in a chignon, modius above. 657 grams, 12 cm



The Great House collection, Kegworth, N.W. Leicestershire, UK. Acquired at auction 40-50 years ago; specific sale details not recorded.

With applied jasper stud bearing an intaglio profile bust of Silenus; hoop incomplete. 6.19 grams, 21 mm



Private collection, England.

Fragment of flat-section tegula roof tile, with impressed paw-print from a dog walking on the tile while still wet. 137 grams, 10 cm



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

Wide domed body with flat base, tall narrow piriform neck and splayed rim. 42 grams, 14 cm



Ex London, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.

The lachrymatous (or lacrimal vase or unguentarium) was a vial of glass that contained ointments or perfumes. These small vessels, often found in Roman tombs, were formerly supposed to have been bottles into which mourners dropped their tears. Instead they contained perfume and unguents, and the large quantity of vessels found in tombs is due to the use of unguents at funeral ceremonies.