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Message:: [QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2218331, member: 57495"]I had a short day trip to Ephesus when on vacation last year.  Many souvenir shops outside the archaelogical park had a few trays of tourist fakes that looked just like these ($50 each, but $25 if I was interested).  Of course, I expected to see the fakes, but curiosity made me stop for a moment or two to peer at the trays anyway.  My amusement must have showed, because at least one shopkeeper quickly changed his sales talk from claiming they were authentic to saying that he had genuine ancient coins in the back of their store which he could show to me.  I passed - besides not wanting to be detained and risk missing the tour bus, I was confident they would have nothing really interesting to even look at.  There is a world of beautiful, interesting ancient coins that you can buy from your armchair for what you paid for your souvenirs from Ephesus (and in fact, many for much less).  I hope the experience hasn't discouraged you and if you're keen on picking up a few genuine ancient coins, just take a look at an online coin mall like <a href="http://www.vcoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcoins.com/ </a>and you'll be amazed at what's on offer.  Furthermore, if you have any questions at all about ancient coins or potential purchases, many of the members of this board would be more than happy to field them.[/QUOTE]