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Very Large Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals Very Large Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals Very Large Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals
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LOT 1691

Very Large Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals

10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

8 7/8 in. (590 grams, 22.5 cm).

A substantial neck-ring formed from twisted rods with looped terminals. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an old Essex collection; by descent 1976.

Literature

See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, LXI, 32; XCII, 19, for similar items.

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LOT 1691

Very Large Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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