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Evidence of Casting - Rough cast268 viewsThis is an example of a very harsh and failed casting coin. Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Sand Cast - Fuzzy, Lightweight, Filing, Casting Bubbles (Pits)1970 viewsHere is a picture of a sand cast fake, showing all the good hallmarks.
1. Fuzzy details
2. Light weight and small size (it's about 15mm and 1.5gm)
3. Filed off edge
4. Casting pits
Originally posted on the boards by Feathers.Joe Sermarini
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Evidence of Casting - Sharp Edge571 viewsThe angles between the edge of the coin and the faces of a cast coin may be unusually sharp. On worn coins these edge angles should be more worn than the rest of the coin. Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Sharp Edges and Casting Seam595 viewsThe angles between the edge of the coin and the faces of a cast coin may be unusually sharp. On worn coins these edge angles should be more worn than the rest of the coin. Typical casting seam. Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Shortage of Metal635 viewsRev. of AR Matapan.
"SW Studio".Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Soapy Look439 viewsAE Sestertius, 35/35 mm; 21.879 g, Rome mint, 37-38.
Obv. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT. Laur. hd., l.
Rev. AGRIPPINA DRVSILLA IVLIA, Gaius' three sisters standing facing: Agrippina (as Securitas) leaning on column, holding cornucopia, and placing hand on Drusilla (as Concordia), holding patera and cornucopia; Julia (as Fortuna) holding rudder and cornucopia.
This is a typical example of the "soapy" look of poor casts. It looks like it was made out of soap and then the soap was used and the details were washed away. Joe Sermarini
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Evidence of Casting - Soapy Look (and Feel)1523 viewsToo perfectly round and it feels slippery/soapy.
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Evidence of Casting - Soapy, Casting Bubbles474 viewsAR Didrachm
Fast quadriga driven l. by charioteer, holding reins and kentron, about to be crowned by Nike flying towards him. In exergue: ΣΥΡΑΚOΣΙΟΝ and symbol.
Cast - soapy, casting bubbles (pits)Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Soapy, Impossible Edges181 viewsThe edges of this cast fake are a 100% give-away. They look nothing like a genuine coin edge. Joe Sermarini
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Evidence of Casting - Sprue and Edge Seam4648 viewsIt was described on line as a Septimius Severus, silver drachm. The original is one of the die pairs listed AMNG I, 1, no. 1354. It is a silver simple 2-mold cast of an AE 18-19 of Nicopolis ad Istrum. This coin is reported in Roman Provincial category. The face of Apollo on the reverse was "improved", there is a seam between the two halves, and evidently a sprue, as well. Contributed by P.L. Patricia Lawrence (slokind)
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Evidence of Casting - Study Image561 views4 AR denarii, part of large underground shipment.
Cast.Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Typical Surface Defects1168 viewsThasos 5 c. BCAR Stater, obverse - marks of casting.Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Uneven and Porous Fields - Tiberius Denarius Tribute Penny Giard Lyon Group 51024 viewsTiberius, 19 August 14 - 16 March 37 A.D., Tribute Penny of Matthew 22:20-21
Silver denarius, Lugdunum mint, 16 - 37 A.D., 3.747 grams, 18.7 mm maximum diameter
RIC I 30, RSC II 16a, SRCV I 1763
Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right
Rev: PONTIF MAXIM, Livia seated right holding scepter and branch, legs on chair ornamented, feet on footstool
Small traces of the casting process remain, circled in red, most noticeable on the first I in the obverse legend. The fields are uneven and porous - in green. Joe Sermarini
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Evidence of Casting - Wavy Fields1516 viewsMacedonian Kingdom, Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC, 4dr, Messembria
AR tetradrachm [Toronto]
Head Herakles right in lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre
At higher resolution, one can see clear casting pits. There is evidence that the obverse has been tooled to remove casting flaws. The devices and lettering are soft. This Toronto Group forgery was offered under the name "Oceans purity".
Joe Sermarini: The rises and dips in the fields are also a sign of casting. Look between Zeus' head and the eagle.
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Evidence of Casting - Wavy Fields605 viewsWavy fields. No genuine coin has fields (flat areas without design) with choppy waves like this coin.
Soapy details. If the coin was a novelty bar of soap made to look like a coin, this is how it would look after washing your hands a few times. Ilya Prokopov
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Evidence of Casting - Wax Copies Used to Make Molds285 viewsGroup of mold of wax used in the production of replicas/fakes by Lost-wax casting.
Picture facilitated by Remoneda in the Spanish Forums Omni in May/2010 and Imperio-Numismático in Jul_2010.
mdelvalle
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GENUINE - Evidence of Casting - Pits Caused By Fire Damage246 viewsWhen an ancient coin has been burned in a fire, the flan may be warped, have lamination defects (flaking surfaces), and will likely have raised bubbles, and unusual pits. Bubbles are created when small pockets of gas within the flan expand due to the heat. If the top of a bubble breaks off it will leave behind a pit.
Fire damage pits do not look like pits from casting bubbles. On this example the lamination defects within the pits are clearly visible. A casting bubble will not look like this. Joe Sermarini
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Identical flan shape with legend recut in mold223 viewsExample of a cast coin which differs to original and other casting twin due to recutting of the mould. In this case identified by a blundered legend.
Identified by FORVM member Din-X with the following observations: 'The flan shape is almost identical but it seems like that some details were wrong recutted into the mould for example N CLAVDIVS CAE[SAR AVG GERMANICVS instead of TI CLAVDIVS CAE[SAR AVG GERMANICVS. First letters on the obverse could be a TI and not a N! So how can a TI can become a N without wrongly recutting in the dies? Tooling means that material is removed to add details = tooling only removes material but for connecting the T with I and make it to a N extra material must have been added. On the right side on the reverse on both the last part of the legend on the right side is missing ([INA CYTHERO CAPITONE), which is on the host/mother due to wear. The edge crack at 12 o´clock obverse and 5 o´ clock on reverse was filled at the cast fake.'peterpil19
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Missing Material with round edges225 viewsMissing material with very round, polished edges may be an indication of cast. When the metal is filling the mold it does not fill it completely - circled red in the middle. There is a small cast hole is right next to it.
The coin was exposed as a cast by finding a duplicate.Nikola K
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Temple of Bacchus 25 viewsCoin sold at Baalbek Christian M
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