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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 3251797, member: 83956&quot;]Interesting. I doubt the archaeological superintendent of Pompeii would allow excavated coins to be sold in a bucket outside the site. But if that coin is of Vespasian, he was emperor from 69 to 79, when Vesuvius erupted. It’s theoretically possible. It’s also possible that someone is selling very worn but genuine coins outside the site, or perhaps selling tourist fakes. I’m eager to see what others say.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh wait, I see you got them in the gift shop on site. Well, that might lend a much greater chance that they are genuine and authorized. Still surprising to me though.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the Roman coin is genuine, in that worn condition it’s not worth very much, in my opinion. $50? Unless it’s a rare or scarce issue. If it can be proved that it’s from Pompeii, though, I suspect it would have a greater market value, but I’m not sure how one would go about proving that from the coin alone. But really, I should defer to first century coinage specialists here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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