A METAL detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins to an undercover cop has been ordered to repay ...

A metal detectorist who planned to sell a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay £103,000 or face being jailed ...

A metal detectorist who attempted to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay back £103,000 from the proceeds of ...

In January 878 AD, Alfred, king of Wessex, was on the verge of disaster. He had been ambushed and nearly killed by one of the most brutal armies ever to invade Britain: the Vikings. Within months ...

In 870 AD the Danes attacked the only remaining independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex, whose forces were commanded by Alfred's older brother, King Aethelred, and Alfred himself. In 871 AD ...

A metal detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins to an undercover police officer has been ordered to ...

A metal detectorist who tried to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins from a Saxon hoard has been ordered to pay back the £103,000 ...

An East Lancashire pensioner who uncovered rare coins more than 1,000 years old must repay £103k of his ill-gotten gains.

Crown prosecutors said a £103,000 confiscation order for a metal detectorist involved in the attempted sale of rare Anglo-Saxon coins ...

which were issued under the rule of King Alfred the Great of Wessex. They included two rare "Two Emperor" coins distributed by King Alfred and Ceolwulf II of Mercia. The coins were valued at more ...