Later Roman Torque

[Robert Vermaat]

Robert Vermaat told me it's 4th century and from the Danube Frontier, IIRC.

No Evan, your memory deceives you. I used the description of the British Museum.
You may be confused by other images posted here and on Facebook that should comparable but similar torcs. These can indeed date back to the 4th c.:


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The torc from al Hammd;
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