Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23472 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age gold torc/bracelet |
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Summary
A gold Iron Age torc that had been converted into a bracelet was once held in a collection at Garboldisham. In April 1980 it was sold at Christies. The exact location and nature of its discovery are uncertain.
Images - none
Location
Full description
Date and circumstances of discovery unknown; NOT known to be a Norfolk find.
Two bar twisted gold torc, terminals cut off, and turned into bracelet.
For many years the property of member of the public [1], whence it passed to another owner, who sold it at Christies 23 April 1980.
See copy of sale catalogue (S1) in file.
Information from member of the public [2].
A. Gregory (NAU), 16 March 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- BRACELET (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- TORC (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Christies. 1980. Sales Catalogue. 23 April. |
Related records - none
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