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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Margaret Davis

Metal detectorist jailed for attempted rare coin sale ordered to repay £103,000

A rare two emperor coin that was among the 44 coins recovered in the police operation (Durham Police/PA) -

A metal detectorist who was jailed for trying to sell Anglo-Saxon coins to an undercover police officer he thought was an expert working for a wealthy American buyer has been ordered to repay £103,000.

Roger Pilling, 77, from Loveclough, Lancashire, has three months to repay the money or he could face another 12-month prison sentence.

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