#ipswich Torcs
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The Ipswich Torcs
Gold Torcs Found Together Buried About 75 BCE, Near Ipswich, Suffolk, The British Museum, London
All were made from two twisted solid bars. Four have cast terminals ornamented in high relief: they can be paired but their patterns are not identical.
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