Fake Paulina Sestertius?

I "need" an unpatinated Paulina Sestertius, but this offer looks like a cast to me (for example, it has a worn portrait but complete legends). Weight is a little heavy at 24,2 gr, maximum diameter is 33 mm
What do you think?

 

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Is that a casting seam and casting bubbles in between 8 and 10 o'clock on reverse?

 

Could be, but all I have so far are those seller´s pictures.

Meanwhile I found the following genuine (?) coin which comes close to being a die match:

 

It doesn’t look obviously fake to me.

Why would you need an unpatinated version btw? Patina adds to the eye appeal (for me anyway).

 

It´s a personal taste of mine. I prefer my Sestertii unpatinated because I just like that yellow tone

 

Fair enough. And what an awesome portrait series you have there!

 

Thanks . That picture is a year old and a work-in-progress. But I did some improvements since then - replaced the five casts with original Sestertii, managed to upgrade five of the others, and added five new portraits, so I might do another group photo in the near future.

 

I'd be skeptical. A die-match doesn't rule out a cast fake; it may simply mean that someone made a mold from a real coin.

 

That's a wonderful presentation!!!

From the photo, I'm as unsure as you are but I'm very leery of it and would have to have some reasonable assurances from a reputable dealer especially because even worn examples (like the one posted below) seem to sell for over $200 hammer and quite a lot more for higher grades.