A
French seller recently posted a number of
Postumus ants, ostensibly from a recent
hoard, all with the similar rough and darkened surfaces. To me, these coins look like
cast fakes, but I am posting here to get second opinions -- not looking to buy them, just looking for education. There are over a dozen coins, all
Postumus, all different, but with the same looking surfaces and qualities.
Why I think it's
cast: the surfaces of the coin look wrong, the metal color looks wrong, the surfaces appear artificially darkened. Details are soft despite the "strike" being strong. Cracks look filled.
Opinions? Am I looking at this correctly, or have these just been damaged by harsh cleaning and then attempts to hide the cleaning by artificially
toning?