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Product description
This coin pendant is based on a coin of Cnut the Great (1018-1035), minted in Roskilde. Coin pendants like these were made from functional coins and behave like amulet for protection, a custom that emerged from the older Germanic tradition of the bracteates. Magic runes were sometimes engraved on the back to strengthen the protective power.
Performed in bronze, with a diameter of approx. 1.9 cm.
Product details
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: diameter approx. 1.9 cm
Weight: approx. 0.1 kg
