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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3251764, member: 83956&quot;]It’s hard to tell from pictures. Can you tell us where you get these coins? Did you really get them in an Italian gift shop? I’ve taken students to Italy five times and cannot recall genuine coins being sold on site in gift shops, but perhaps I missed something,&nbsp; or perhaps you were just using that as an example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot help with what looks to be the Greek coin, but a very tentative guess for the Roman coin is that it is a bronze coin of Vespasian. An as or sestertius; without a diameter measurement in millimeters, it’s hard to tell from the photos since I don’t know the types well enough.&nbsp; Below is a Vespasian sestertius with the MARS reverse from Wildwnds. The details do not match up, but it could be a starting point for you or others. Maybe [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] could recognize the type or the type it is imitating if the coin is not genuine. I will let others determine whether they think the coin is genuine or not.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]853421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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