Bornholm amulet
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The finding place is unknown but the coin was handed over to the National Museum of Denmark in 1821, with information that the coin was found in the year 1770 on Bornholm.
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Dating
The dating of the amulet was at first considered to be between 907 and 913. In 1965, the dating was revised to be between 885 and 896.
Inscription
The height of the runes are 0,3-0,8 cm.
Obverse:
e(i)
...
(e)asusus
Iesus
kristus=
Christus
=fil=uis
filius
t(e)i
dei
fifi
vivi.
inomina
In nomina
b|atris
patris
eþ
et
fil|ius
filii
ins
...
eþ
et
sb=iritu|s
spiritus.
... Jesus Christ, son of the living God. In the name of the Father, the Son ... and Spirit.
Reverse:
k=rist=us
Christus
(b)i
...
|
bius=ank=uis
pius sanguis
fifiþ
vivit,
|
fit=am
vitam
itirn=a|m
aeternam
k=ustotaþit
custodiat.
Christ ... the gracious blood is living, may it preserve eternal life.
The inscription may very well be the oldest example of so-called Runic Latin in Denmark.