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==Gallery== <gallery> File:Torc, Kansas City Museum of Art.jpg|Torc, found in Hungary, c. 1500 BC, bronze File:Linz Schlossmuseum - Uttendorf Halsreifen (cropped).jpg|Hallstatt culture gold torc or collar with fastening, c. 550 BC File:Oxus chariot model.jpg|Model chariot from the [[Oxus Treasure]], with both figures wearing torcs File:Torque Susa Louvre Sb2760.jpg|[[Achaemenid]] torc from Persia, c. 350 BC, [[Susa]], with ribbed hoop, animal head terminals, and stone inlays, from the [[Acropole Tomb]] File:Gold torque 1.jpg|Gold Celtic torc found in [[Vix, Côte-d'Or|Vix]], France, 480 BC; see text. File:Leekfrith Torcs.jpg|The four [[Leekfrith torcs]], dating from c. 400–250 BC, which are the oldest gold torcs found in Great Britain File:Torque de Foxados.JPG|''Torques de Foxados'': [[Gallaeci]]an torc with double "scotia" terminals and 6-fold symmetric interlaced motive File:Torque de Santa Tegra 1.JPG|''Bell shaped'' torc terminal from A Guarda, [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]. Museo do Castro de St. Tegra. File:Stirling HoardDSCF6398.jpg|The twisted ribbon type, here from the [[Stirling Hoard]], is found in both Bronze and Iron Ages. File:Galician celtic torc.jpg|Northern [[Gallaeci]] torc (Artabri type with "pear" terminals) [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]], showing construction, and decoration of the hoop File:Silver torque.jpg|The [[Trichtingen]] silver torc with bull heads, perhaps 2nd century BC File:Snettisham Hoard.jpg|The [[Snettisham Hoard]], perhaps the stock of a goldsmith, showing the variety of British forms, c. 75 BC File:Gaul warrior Vacheres 1.jpg|The [[Gallo-Roman]] "Warrior of Vacheres" File:Ipswich Hoard.jpg|Two [[East Anglia]]n looped torcs from the [[Ipswich Hoard]] File:Snettisham HoardDSCF6579.jpg|[[East Anglia]]n looped torcs from the [[Snettisham Hoard]] File:Cordoba Treasure (5).JPG|Large silver torc from the [[Cordoba Treasure]] in the British Museum File:Lochar Moss Collar.JPG|Ornate Iron Age neck collar from [[Lochar Moss Torc|Lochar Moss]] in [[Dumfrieshire]], Scotland (British Museum)<ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/b/brass_torc.aspx British Museum Highlights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018160135/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/b/brass_torc.aspx|date=2015-10-18 }}</ref> File:Celtic torque found in the Marche.jpg|Celtic golden torque found in [[Marche]] in a gaulish necropolis, National Archaeological Museum, [[Ancona]] File:Torques, 2ª Idade do Ferro, Cultura Castreja do Noroeste Peninsular.jpg|Torc, 2nd Iron Age, Castro Culture, Iberian Peninsula, [[National Archaeology Museum (Portugal)|National Archaeology Museum]], Portugal File:Trésor de Tayac - Torque - Musée d'Aquitaine - 60.17.2.jpg|[[Gallic people|Gallic]] Gold Torque,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.musee-aquitaine-bordeaux.fr/en/gallic-treasure|title=Gallic treasure from Tayac (Gironde): Gold torque and coins | le site officiel du musée d'Aquitaine}}</ref> [[Musée d'Aquitaine]], Bordeaux </gallery>
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