Craig Best and Roger Pilling were caught in a police sting trying to sell coins valued at £766,000.
In 2019, the two discoverers were jailed for selling the items and not declaring them as "treasure" under the Treasure Act 1996.
Mr Pilling, who Judge James Adkin said had "collected precious objects for the whole of his life", claimed the fragile coins broke when he dropped and stood on them so they were binned. The judge said he was sure Pilling knew the significance of the coins and that they could not be sold on to a legitimate UK buyer as their importance would quickly be realised and reported.
Best was caught trying to sell the coins to undercover officers in a sting operation at the County Hotel in Durham in May 2019.
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