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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7844818, member: 85693"]My guess is that anything actually found "at the Wall" would be considered archaeologically significant and probably not for sale (legally, that is). I'm sure the gift shops offer lots of souvenir copies. </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently the Roman baths at Bath used to sell genuine Roman coins. I've picked up two of them on eBay over the years, one a very nice Severus Alexander denarius, the other a cruddy Septimius Severus fourree. Guessing from the packaging, I'd say these are not recently-purchased souvenirs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whether these were actually found at Bath, I am not sure, although a lot of coins have been found there (pitching pennies into a fountain was a custom back then too). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350232[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350233[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350231[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1350230[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7844818, member: 85693"]My guess is that anything actually found "at the Wall" would be considered archaeologically significant and probably not for sale (legally, that is). I'm sure the gift shops offer lots of souvenir copies. Apparently the Roman baths at Bath used to sell genuine Roman coins. I've picked up two of them on eBay over the years, one a very nice Severus Alexander denarius, the other a cruddy Septimius Severus fourree. Guessing from the packaging, I'd say these are not recently-purchased souvenirs. Whether these were actually found at Bath, I am not sure, although a lot of coins have been found there (pitching pennies into a fountain was a custom back then too). [ATTACH=full]1350232[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1350233[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1350231[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1350230[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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