Snettisham

Site in Norfolk, England, of a hoard of fine late Iron Age metalwork, dated to the 1st century BC. The hoard consisted of around 200 gold, silver, and bronze torcs (neck -rings), gold bracelets, and coins. The finest torc was made of eight twisted strands of electrum wire, each strand made of eight strands; the terminals were decorated in relief and one contained a Gallo-Belgic coin of the late 1st century BC.

Find-spot in Norfolk, eastern England, of a hoard of fine late Iron Age metalwork, dated to the 1st century bc. The hoard consisted of 58 torcs (7 of gold, 48 of the silver-gold alloy, electrum, and 3 of bronze), a gold bracelet, and 159 coins (14 of gold and 145 of potin, the copper-tin alloy otherwise known as speculum). Some of the torcs were of very elaborate construction. The finest of the electrum ones was made of eight twisted strands of electrum wire and each strand was itself made of eight strands; the terminals were decorated in relief and one contained a Gallo-Belgic coin of the late 1st century bc.