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LOT 1733
Viking Period Twisted Neck Torc with Loop Terminals
10TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
16.2 cm (134 grams, 16 cm).
A twisted neck-ring coiled almost double with looped ends. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent.
From an important private family collection of arms and armour.
See Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987.
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