European Bronze Age Gold Twisted Torc
2nd millennium B.C. A penannular neck-ring with clubbed finials, the shank twisted about its own axis. Cf. twisted gold neck-rings in Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, items 466-469. 10.24 grams, 12 cm (4 3/4 in.). Acquired continental Europe.Ex Clements collection, by descent 2004.Ex TimeLine Auctions, 9 September 2015, lot 769.Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.