I recently read Ursula Kampmann's story Springtime in Turkey 2013 posted on CoinsWeekly. It is in several parts. Here is her photo from part 7 of a tourist shop near Ephesus selling fake ancient coins. Most look too big to be LRBs, but still a good sign of caution about buying ancient coins when traveling. Mark
I lived in Saudi Arabia for a while and many of the coin sold by vendors in the markets were fake. Most of the coins were authentic, but there were a lot of fakes mixed in. However, most of the fakes were very crude casts and would not have fooled anyone with minimal knowledge.