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LOT 1606
Bronze Age Decorated Neck Torc
CENTRAL EUROPE, CIRCA 1000 B.C.
8 3/8 in. (181 grams, 21.2 cm).
Lozenge-section annular body with punched ring-and-dot decoration on the upper face. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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