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LOT 1631

Viking Period Bronze Twisted Neck Torc with Looped Terminals

9TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

9 7/8 in. (350 grams, 25 cm).

Formed of two twisted thick rods with overlapping arms and loop terminals.

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, p.309, item 32; see Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, LXI, 32; XCII, 19, for similar items.

CONDITION

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LOT 1631

Viking Period Bronze Twisted Neck Torc with Looped Terminals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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