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LOT 1382
Pre-Viking Bronze Twisted Torc
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (265 grams, 17 cm).
Composed of overlapping arms and cruciform-section terminals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Tvauri, A., The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia, Tartu, 2012, plate 121, item 3; Sedov, V.V., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, pl.CV., item 12.
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