An Anglo-Saxon coin discovered by a metal detectorist is set to fetch up to £200,000 at auction. The Gold Penny, or Mancus of 30 Pence, was struck during the time of Ecgberht, King of the West Saxons ...

A hoard of more than 100 Anglo-Saxon coins discovered by two metal detectorists in a field near Braintree, Essex, is headed to auction at Noonans Mayfair on February 21. Believed to have been buried ...

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A METAL detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins to an undercover cop has been ordered to repay £103,000. Roger Pilling, 77, thought he was flogging the find to an expert ...

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A hoard of around 5,200 Anglo-Saxon coins was discovered in the English village of Lenborough, Buckinghamshire. According to the BBC, the coins are thought to be worth up to £1.3 million ($1.98 ...

The coins were estimated to have been made between 874 CE and 879 CE. A METAL detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins to an undercover cop has been ordered to repay £103,000.