Hi,
I'm hoping someone may be able to help?A Vespasian dupondius I purchased several years ago has been bugging me for quite some time now!Despite being reassured by the dealer who sold me the coin,I'm not convinced it's genuine,but I could be wrong?The dealer contacted a more experienced collector friend for an appraisal and he seemed to be confident that it was genuine.I've attached a couple of images and am hoping someone can have a look and give me their opinion.You can see what looks like pitting on the surface of both sides of the coin.You can also see what looks like a suspicious blob attached to the 'V' of the name Vespasian on the legend of the obverse side.I'm not an experienced coin collector,but thought these anomalies had the hallmarks of a cast fake,but again I'm not sure.
Any help would be deeply appreciated.
Thanks.