"...around her neck was a large golden necklace..." Cassius Dio, Roman History (LXII.2.4)
The golden necklet that Boudica wore may have been similar to the Snettisham Torc, illustrated above, which was found in the territory of the Iceni and dates to the first century BC. The torc (torquis) is made of eight gold strands twisted together, each strand comprised of eight gold wires, and secured by cast gold terminals.
It is one of many masterpieces that now have been gathered together in "The Weston Gallery of Roman Britain" and the "Later Bronze Age and Celtic Europe" galleries of the British Museum.
