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LOT 0335
Viking Age Twisted Gold Torc
11TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (22.12 grams, 13 cm wide).
Comprising a slender penannular hoop and hooked finials with conical bosses.
Provenance
From the collection of a North American gentleman, formed in the 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.200432.
Literature
Cf. Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz (RGZM), Das Reich der Salier, 1024-1125, Sigmaringen, 1992, pp.168ff., fig.7, Vitrine 6.
Footnotes
During the Salian period, large treasures of silver coins, bars and jewellery were buried in the West Slavic settlement areas, east of the borders of the empire. This torc corresponds with a Slavic neck collar from the hoard of Farve, Schleswig Holstein. The collar is in silver, but the structure is identical to our torc.
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