German penny from Utrecht

A German penny struck in Utrecht (present-day Netherlands) by Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht, around 1027–1054. The front of the coin shows Saint Martin holding a bishop’s staff in his right hand and a cross-staff in his left hand. On the back is a picture of a city wall and the text TD/IECTV.

The coin is part of a hoard found in Anttila, Lieto, in 1897. Some 900 Viking Age coins and pieces of jewellery were found in a clay vessel containing birch bark. The hoard contained a large number of German pennies (more than 700) and English pennies, but also Danish, Byzantine and Scandinavian coins, for example. The objects had been hidden sometime after 1060.