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Three Gold Torcs
Artist: Iron Age
Location: Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
Date: late 2nd Century BC-1st Century AD
Materials: gold (torqued wire)
Dimensions: 7 x 5 mm to 240 x 5 mm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,000 (Total: £8,000)
Vendor: Department of National Heritage
Review number: 4490 (1997)
Provenance:
Found Alrewas, Staffordshire (metal detected find) and declared Treasure Trove on 26th June 1996.
Description:
Three unfinished Iron Age gold torqs (neck rings), together with a length of narrow gold wire. The maker was probably responsible for their concealment 2,000 years ago. Their condition is good, but they were damaged in antiquity.
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