Metal spear. Head is long and leaf shaped, coming to a sharp point. Shaft is round, wide and hollow near base and tapering toward head. Black stripes have been painted along the shaft interspersed with lines of the natural colour of the metal.

Umbrella made of dark purple velvet. The velvet is the over-layer of the umbrella, hand-embroidered heavily in gold thread floral patterns. A yellow fringe hangs from base and top. The under-layer is unbleached and undyed cotton. When the umbrella is open the metal spine structure creates a flower pattern. The handle is a heavily lacquered wood.

Byzantine coin of Anastasius I, 491-518. Obverse: bust of Anastasius I, facing right; to left, inscription says ‘ST’. Reverse: large ‘E’.

Byzantine coin of Tiberius II Constantine, 578-582. Obverse: bust of Tiberius II Constantine, facing front; he wears a helmet and a cuirass. Reverse: large ‘I’; to left and right, crosses.

Byzantine coin of Constans II, 641-668, shaped like a square. Obverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Constans II, with beard; he wears military attire; to left, he holds a long staff topped with a globe and cross; to right, Constantine IV, his son; he wears a chlamys and is without a beard; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; each figure wears a crown with cross. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, Heraclius, son of Constans II, standing and facing front; to right, Tiberius, son of Constans II, standing and facing front; to left, Tiberius holds a globus cruciger; above ‘M’, monogram; in exergue, ‘SCL’.

Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: two busts, facing forward; to left, Heraclius, with beard and crown with cross; to right, his son and heir, Heraclius Constantine, without beard but with crown with cross; between their heads, another cross. Reverse: large ‘I’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position’ to right, ‘XϚ’ in a vertical position; in exergue, ‘CAT’.

Byzantine coin of Justin I and Justinian I, 527. Obverse: bust of Justin I, facing right; he wears a diadem and cuirass; to left, inscription says ‘DN’; to right, ‘NVSIVSTINIA’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, right, and above, crosses; beneath, ‘B’; exergue difficult to read, possibly ‘NIKM’?

Byzantine coin of Justinian I, 527-565. Obverse: bust of Justinian I, facing right; he wears a cuirass; to left and right, inscription says ‘DNIVSTINIANVS…PAVC’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, crescent opening upwards; to right, star; above, cross; beneath, ‘E’; in exergue, ‘ANTIX’.

Byzantine coin of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602. Obverse: bust of Maurice Tiberius, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a cuirass; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘AVRICPPAV’. Reverse: large ‘I’; to left, ‘[A]NNO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘I’; in exergue, ‘CAT’.

Byzantine coin of Justinian I, 527-565. Obverse: bust of Justinian I, facing right, with diadem and cuirass; to left, inscription says ‘DNIV’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘K’; to left, star; to right, cross.