Silver penny that rewrote Mercian history makes £32,000 at auction

This silver penny struck for Ludeca, a short-lived king of Mercia who ruled from 826-7, was found at Combe Bissett, Wiltshire, in 2016.

It is one of just 10 coins of Ludeca known and the only one with a London mint mark (the others we…

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