A torc, also spelled torq or torque, is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal, made either as a single piece or from strands twisted together. The great majority are open at the front, although so
Bronze 4th-century BC buffer-type torc from France
The Dying Gaul, a Roman statue with a torc in the Capitoline Museums in Rome
Unusually complex helical gold ribbon torc from the Stirling Hoard, Scotland
Two uncleaned Bronze Age twisted bar torcs with flared cylinder terminals, as often found folded up, with bracelets, England