Torque

Torque a kind of bracelet or armlet, generally of gold, and often formed of a spirally-twisted bar or bars, ending sometimes in hooks, sometimes in serpents' heads. They were greatly in use in ancient times in Asia and in Northern Europe, and the Romans adopted the practice of wearing them after their contact with Celtic and Oriental races. Specimens have been dug up in many places, as welll in the United Kingdom as abroad.