The story of the Greek Orthodox custom of the Vasilopita, or the New Year's cake with a lucky coin inside, began in Asia Minor.

Greece returned to Turkey 1,055 ancient Lydian coins, seized by the Greek authorities at the border station of Kipi in Evros.

i inherited the coin on my father's death and it still holds a fascination for me,not just because of it's age but what it was doing in a tiny hamlet in Derbyshire ...