Counterfeit/Fake Roman Coin? Or Real?

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will-walking New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 07/20/2022 12:16 pm Dear coin experts, I recently found this coin in my mum's old hat-box of coins, and I wondered if it is a fake Roman? It seems too round! Any tips and info most welcome! Thank you, Will Parsons. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/20/2022 1:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/20/2022 1:54 pm Yes, likely fake, perhaps sand cast. It references an Imperial follis with GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 07/20/2022 6:05 pm @will, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree that the surface roughness seems consistent with this piece being cast. Two requests: can you please post the weight and a picture showing the edge? I'm interested to see if there is a parting line. Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 07/20/2022 6:56 pm Late Roman Bronzes were, for the most part, nice and round - they'd perfected the art of making round flat pieces of metal to make coins out of. So it's "roundness" isn't the cause for suspicion. The generally porous surface and "mushy" details are what is leaning us towards the "cast fake" answer. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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