Mark Laban may have found a four-leaf clover recently - he stumbled across an ancient Greek coin while doing some gardening at his mum's house!
A very lucky man managed to find a Greek coin in his garden and a rare Ming-style vase in his mother’s attic.He kept the coin in a drawer for two years and only remembered it was there after clearing out the attic.His late dad had bought the Ming-style antique years earlier and last month it sold for £1,450 at auction – more than twice the guide price of £500 to £700.
Charles Hanson, star of TV show Antiques Road Trip, said: ‘I was staggered. This large silver coin originated from Ancient Greece. ‘Over time it effectively became the standard coin of the antiquity, spreading well beyond the borders of the Greek World.
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