Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, Penny, Berhtelm, ex Vatican Hoard, Lockett, Parker and Wayne otherwise almost extremely fine and

otherwise almost extremely fine and extremely rare

a little wear to the highest point of obverse

reverse a citizen presents a document inscribed TEST to a nobleman accompanied by the lion of the Dutch Republic

each wearing a crown and a chlamys and holding a globus cruciger

holding a caduceus and a cornucopiae

Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury, Penny, Berhtelm, ex Vatican Hoard, Lockett, Parker and Wayne otherwise almost extremely fine andArchbishops of Canterbury, Plegmund (890 914), silver Penny, Canterbury mint, moneyer Berhtelm, Group II, small cross patte, circles and legend surrounding, + PLEGMVND RCHIEP, rev. three crosses patte across centre, moneyer name in two lines, BERHT ELM MO trefoil of pellets above and below, 1. 48 g, (N. 256; S. 900 plate coin). Toned, trace of red deposit on obverse, nearly extremely fine, very rare with an excellent provenance.