Copper-alloy, 125.20 grams, strap end: 80.34 mm. Circa 4th century AD. A seven-piece cast copper-alloy belt set for a Late Roman military belt comprising an amphora strap end, buckle and five stiffeners. The strap end is cast with the upper edge open to accept the belt, with trapezoidal top, waist with scrolls and tear-drop lower element; on one face the surface is covered with triangular stamps and on the reverse, the stamps form a neat border. The buckle is cast with a solid loop and round-section bar to the reverse; the bar is held in the jaws of two beasts forming the terminals of the c-shaped loop; the outer face is decorated with the stamped triangle motif; the tongue is a flat bar wrapped around the rod, with a triple transverse collar to the rear. The stiffeners are formed as D-section bars with volute ends and a double volute in the centre, pierced by a hole at each end to accept an attachment rivet; the outer faces bear the same triangular stamps as the rest of the set. The use of the same stamp motif across all seven elements suggests that they represent a suite from a single military 'dragon' belt. reference: Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007: strap end: SL13.13; buckle: SL11.1; stiffener SL14.33. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 14.58 grams, 21.03 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast copper-alloy fitting, rectangular in plan and triangular in section. the upper faces each bear a thick border with triangular cells inside, to accept enamel fill. the underside is hollow, with the remains of the attachment peg and button fastener inside. Reference: identified by Yorkshire Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquity Scheme. Very fine condition. Provenance: found at Hambleton, Yorkshire, UK and recorded with the PAS under reference SWYOR-C5CB54, with associated documentation.

Copper-alloy, 5.12 grams, 47.65 mm. Circa 4th-5th century AD. A Late Roman cast copper-alloy strap end of lanceolate design with transverse slot in the upper edge. The strap end features similar designs on both faces: incised borders, a row of punched-point detail above the waist, a transverse collar at the waist and a row of ring-and-dot motifs below the waist - on one side with two outliers forming a cross. The finial is a small knop. The upper edge is pierced for an attachment rivet. Reference: Bishop, M.C. & Coulston, J.C.N. Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome Oxford, 2006 fig.88.12 for general lanceolate form. Extremely fine condition, complete. Provenance: found East Anglia, UK.

Copper-alloy, 7.40 grams, 48.93 mm. Circa 5th century AD. A cast copper-alloy lozengiform military belt plate with chip-carved decoration. The plate is pierced in two places close to the narrow ends, which are thicker than the plate, possibly due to casting limitations. The surface is decorated with a tight overall scroll pattern regularly laid out. The decoration resembles that on a Late Roman military strap end from Ratae Coritanorum, near Leicester. Reference: cf. the Ratae Coritanorum strap end in Hawkes, S. C. Soldiers and Settlers in Fourth to Fifth Century Britain in Medieval Archaeology, 1961 fig.23a. Very fine condition. Provenance: found Toothill, Essex, UK.

Copper-alloy, 28.86 grams, 77.88 mm. Circa 1st-2nd century AD. A very large cast copper-alloy pendant in the form of a crescent with ribbed suspension loop above. The plate is facetted, with collar and knop finials. Below the suspension loop is a circular hole. The outer faces of the pendant are tinned. Reference: Read, B. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, vol.1, Langport, 2001 item 406. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Copper-alloy, 2.07 grams, 37.51 mm. Circa 1st to 3rd century AD. A belt mount enamelled with a red eye at either end. Very fine condition. Provenance: property of a deceased detectorist, found Whitecliff Down, Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire, 1921 (with old label).

Copper-alloy, enamel and silver, 13.09 grams, 32.45 mm. Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast copper-alloy mount formed as a rectangular plate with openwork scrolled edges. Behind the upper plate is a second plate with a central square void supporting the decorative plate on four posts, each about 7mm long. The upper plate contains an inlaid silver square with dentilled outer edges, surrounding a panel of red enamel and an inlaid silver tetragammadion or swastika with curved arms. The tetragammadion was a symbol of good luck which often appeared on Roman military equipment. Reference: cf. similar scrolled openwork plates from the Dura Europos excavations published in James, S. Excavations at Dura Europos 1928-1937. Final Report VII. The Arms and Armour and Other Military Equipment, London, 2004 items 318, 319. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Iron and copper-alloy, 80 grams, 149.84 mm. 1st-4th century AD. A Roman cultellus, a culter or single-sided knife. The ferrous blade (almost 8 cm long) has a thick back narrowing sharply to an obtuse point. The hilt is octagonal in section for most of its length, with a single integral copper-alloy crossguard. The upper end of the hilt is in the form of a ridged dome. The design of the knife makes it perfect for fine control in paring and scraping. Reference: cf. the larger example from Croatia in Appels, A. & Laycock, S. Roman Buckles and Military Fittings, Witham, 2007, p.141. Very fine condition, rare to find with blade in tact and stable. Provenance: from an old English collection.