CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details

A CELT-IBERIAN GOLD TORQUE
CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The square section hoop with two hammered gold spool-shaped terminals
5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.) across

Provenance

Acquired in the 1960s.

Special notice

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Further details

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Lot Essay

Cf. H. Tait (ed.), 7000 Years of Jewellery, The British Museum, London, p. 78, nos. 171-172 (British Museum inv. nos. PRB 1960.5-3.1 and 2; B. Cunliffe, The Ancient Celts, London, 1999, p. 141, pl. 112; H. N. Savory, Spain and Portugal: the Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula, London, 1968, p. 251, pl. 57 for similar.

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