Undercover police caught men attempting sale of cache that experts say helps transform view of Alfred the Great

A jury has found two men guilty of attempting to illegally sell a cache of Anglo-Saxon coins that experts say helps transform our understanding of ninth-century English history and Alfred the Great.

Roger Pilling, 75, and Craig Best, 46, were caught in an undercover police operation trying to sell 44 coins which should have been declared as treasure and handed to the crown.

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