Vesparian Judea Capta Denarius. 3.5g Could This Be Real?

How did you find it? It's corroded which means it was in the ground for a period of time or it could be a modern cast fake. There are known fakes of this Vespasian denarius type. Better pics would be needed, clear, of the whole coin.

Someone with more knowledge than I on CCF might offer their opinion.

You could check the nearest coin club, perhaps there's an ancient coin collector that could help. There aren't many coin stores that sell ancient coins or have someone work there who is experienced with ancient coins.

There are some online sites that may help. There's Forum Ancient Coins. You can post good pics there and get opinions. An online dealers site is Vcoins. Dealers there may help you.

The palm tree type is scarcer than the military trophy variety.

Here's mine. It's very worn, obviously circulated for quite a while.

Agree: filtering may be interfering with image quality.
OP's pics shows same texture at the coin.

Nevertheless, the radial flan splits without inner detail suggest that this coin is cast.
Clearer pics would help to confirm.

Put the coin in your hand please and take it off the blue as we can't judge colors and we can't see the edge. We do need to see the edge in normal light. Take it outside even. Whatever you are doing is making your edges look copper and that is probably not the case. Just take it outside in normal light and use your hands to hold it and show the edge especially. That will help the best and give us reference.

I agree: use sunlight at the light source
With the blue background pictures, it appears that incandescent light was used, and has resulted in the edges of the coin having a coppery appearance.

Examine the radial flan splits, looking in particular for signs of tensile metal distress inside the split. This diagnostic is impossible to reproduce with a cast reproduction.

Now excellent pictures, thx.
What little radial flan split detail there is suggests that the coin is genuine.
I cannot see evidence of a base metal core inside the small split,
but the rough fields and somewhat mushy definition of details can suggest otherwise.

Bearing in mind that if false, this coin could be plated, the next step is to do an X-ray florescence (XRF) analysis.
Bullion dealers should have a hand held instrument.

The Romans themselves plated genuine denarii (rarely) to make a profit, and
fourees (contemporary counterfeit), of these also exist.

I have an Annona denarius of Vespasian, the fields a a little smoother but still a bit rough, however the high points of the design both sides, are worn smooth.
High points of coin pictured are of the same texture as the fields

On the balance visual evidence of what I see so far, I feel that this coin is genuine.

Jvdea Capta coins are always popular with collectors of Roman coins and those who make modern fakes are well aware of this.

A bullion dealer is simply a coin store that also sells silver/gold bars and rounds. If you live not too far from a coin store, call them, ask if they have an analyzer.

If you live near/in a major city there should be a coin store there that sells ancient coins. But many local coin stores sell only modern coins. They do not sell ancient coins and don't know much about them. You could contact ancient coin dealers online, such as those on Vcoins. Send them a few pics of your coin for an opinion.

Wait, stop. I just checked my book by David Hendin "Not Kosher" which has pics of many fake ancient coins. David is one of the best experts on ancient Judaic coins. On page 193. there's a pic of a modern cast Vespasian/Judaea Capta denarius. Surprise surprise, it looks like an exact match to your coin. Below is a scan of the page.

Notice the same small pit by the edge near the "N" of his name on the obverse and the pit on the reverse edge about 4 o'clock position. The top line of the E in IVDAEA is missing on both coins. I think your coin was made by the same poured mold as the fake in David's book. Sorry it's not genuine.

Here on CCF we can give opinions. For a certificate of authenticity you need to have a pro examine a coin in hand. For a fee you could send this coin to David R. Sear, NGC, etc. but you'd be wasting your money. If this coin was mine, I'd put it in a holder and label it as known fake.

I asked you in a prior reply where you "found" this coin. You didn't respond. If you bought it, try to return, get your money back.

It's interesting and fun to collect ancient coins. But as with modern coins it's important to buy from reputable, trusted dealers. We all can learn from online resources, printed reference books and other collectors.

Thanks so much for all the input! I had been using this book and didn't see the coin so was sort of excited but knew there was a 99.9% chance it was a fake. Thanks again for all of everyone's help!!!