 The Liudhard medalet is a gold Anglo @-@ Saxon coin or small medal found some time before 1844 near St Martin 's Church in Canterbury , England . It was part of the Canterbury @-@ St Martin 's hoard of six items . The coin , along with other items found with it , now resides in the World Museum Liverpool . Although some scholarly debate exists on whether or not all the items in the hoard were from the same grave , most historians who have studied the object conclude that they were buried together as a necklace in a 6th @-@ century woman 's grave . The coin is set in a mount so that it could be worn as jewellery , and has an inscription on the obverse or front surrounding a robed figure . The inscription refers to Liudhard , a bishop who accompanied Bertha to England when she married Æthelberht the king of Kent . The reverse side of the coin has a double @-@ barred cross , or patriarchal cross , with more lettering . 
