A GOLD TORQUE, CIRCA 3RD/1ST CENTURY B.C., OR LATER

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July 9, 01:08 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Swiss Private Collection

A GOLD TORQUE, CIRCA 3RD/1ST CENTURY B.C., OR LATER

of penannular form with pear-shaped terminals, partially twisted collar, and spiral ornaments.

Width 14.3 cm.; weight 230 gr.

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said to have been found in northwestern Spain in 1869

Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, acquired in the 1950s/1960s

by descent to the present owner

Cf. S. Prieto Molina, "Los torques castreños del noroeste de la Península Ibérica," Complutum, vol. 7, 1996, p. 212, fig. 9