BRACTEATES. 



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but what they really meant is a mystery which has not yet 

 been unravelled. 



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Fig 1273. Bracteate 

 with man's head and 

 horned animal below 

 found at Helsingborg, 

 Sweden. 



Fig. 1274. Bracteate with man's head with helmet, ana 

 horned animal found at Raflunda, Scania, Sweden. 



Fig. 1276. Bractcate 

 warrior with spear, a 

 two-horned animal, and 

 runes, found in Zeeland, 

 Denmark. 



Fig. 1275. Bracteate horse (?) apparently 

 loaded with treasure, probably the horse 

 Grnni mentioned in Volsunga Saga found 

 at Eskatorp, Hal land, Sweden. 



The runic characters stamped upon these ornaments show 



