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Lot 130

A Thracian silver torc

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A Thracian silver torc
Circa 4th-2nd Century B.C.
The twisted wire penannular torc with flattened splayed terminals pierced at either end, with a meandering line of punched decoration, 16.7cm diam.

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 5 June 1999, lot 207 (part lot).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York (Art of the Ancient World, 1999, no. 138).
Private collection, England, acquired from the above in 2009.

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