Swedish viking geocoin - Holmfast's wolf

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Owner:: iSchweiger Message this owner
Released:: Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Origin:: Västra Götaland, Sweden
Recently Spotted:: In the hands of the owner.

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About This Item

The idea for this coin was to make a rather simple design and turn it to get different sceneries: a forest, a field, a campfire and the sea. On top of the sceneries are prints of different petroglyphs from my area. The backside is from a gilded clasp fro the 8th century found of Gotland, showing characteristic animal ornaments.

This version, Holmfast's wolf, is a part of a larger rune carving just a few hundred meters from where I live.The carving has three parts, two of them are more like classical rune carvings with text

The first says (approximately) "Holmfast cleared this road to honor Ingegärd his good mother"

The second says "Holmfast cleared this road and built a bridge after Gamal his father, who lived in Näsby. God save his soul. Östen (carved these runes)"

The third carving is the wolf itself.

The road Holmfast built was probably a precursor of "Göta Landsväg", a famous medieval main road from Stockholm to the south parts of the country. The road is still in use today and bears Holmfasts name. The carving is dated to about 1000 AD, it's quite possible that remnants of Holmfsts bridge and road is still to be found underneath it. I find it quite fascinating that we still travel the same roads 1000 years later.

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2/13/2024	Elli ohne Rad discovered it	Visit Log
Auf dem Frühstücksevent gezeigt bekommen
9/30/2023	Grodling discovered it	Visit Log
Danke für den schönen Tag mein Schatz
4/1/2023	Tintenklexx discovered it	Visit Log
Gesehen beim Event "Oster-Frühstück mit <3 2023" (GCA3JFM) Wie immer ein weiterer interessanter Teil deiner beeindruckenden Sammlung. Danke fürs Zeigen. Gute Reise weiterhin und viel Spaß beim Cachen, wünscht Petra :-)
4/1/2023	AnTiLe discovered it	Visit Log
Beim Event "Oster-Frühstück mit ❤️ 2023" durfte ich eine schöne Coinsammlung bewundern. Vielen Dank für's Zeigen und liebe Grüße! AnTiLe
11/26/2022	Drumpldeer discovered it	Visit Log
Diesen und andere toll gestaltete Travelbugs und Coins durfte ich bei der ersten Geocoin und Travelbug Schau in München anschauen. Auch wenn ich nicht alle direkt gesehen habe, durft ich vom Owner die Codes erhalten und hier mit einem Log versehen. Besten Dank ud schöne Grüße!
11/26/2022	Sukram discovered it	Visit Log
Immer wieder Teile der tollen Sammlung gezeigt bekommen. Danke
9/10/2020	iSchweiger moved it to their collection	Visit Log

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