it was necessary to obliterate them if it was to be worn by an heir after his death
nubbed at the bottom and slightly flared to the shoulders
slightly worn from use and burial
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These were produced and sold on the route to the Hold Land at shrines dedicated to local saints
VIKING HEART RING C.900-1050 AD, SIZE 8 3/4 4 1/4 it was necessary to obliterateHeavy rounded face band, 2. 6mm, flaring to the shoulders. Early form heart bezel, flat and made without the cusped top as later. The surface is delicately hand engraved with an irregular figure, significance now lost, on hatched ground. The cusped top form was used toward the end of the Viking era and the rounded top earlier, with regional exceptions. The heart stood for bravery, fortitude, loyalty, integrity, all attributes of the Viking warrior. It