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LOT 0064
Thracian Silver Twisted Torc
5TH CENTURY B.C.
7 3/4 in. (221 grams, 19.7 cm).
Penannular torc twisted around its axis with tapering finials.
ProvenanceAcquired in the early 1970s.
Private collection, Suffolk.
See Hoddinott, R.F., The Thracians, London, 1981, for dicussion.
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