 The medalet itself is a gold coin , set in a loop mount so that it could be worn as jewellery . On the obverse side is a bust of a man wearing a diadem and a robe , with a border of dots around the edge . Written on this side is the legend " LEV · DΛR · DV ~ · EPS " . The inscription runs backwards from right to left . The letters are also inscribed backwards . Both the initial " L " and terminal " S " of " LEUDARDUS " ( Latin for the name " Liudhard " ) are to some degree shifted sideways on their axes , perhaps to conveniently demarcate between words . The second grouping , " EPS " ( also with identical sideways terminal " S " ) is a standard abbreviation for the ecclesiastical Latin word , " EPiscopuS , " which means " bishop . " 
