ancient or modern forgery?

[Nikko]

It looks to be an ancient barbarous copy but some collectors think it's a modern forgery.
 2,1gr - 16,50mm

[Victor]

It does have some features that make it look cast (soft details, what looks like some casting bubbles in fields), but some ancient imitations were cast. The patina looks a little off, like the effect when you use something like Jax to repatinate, but maybe it was repatinated after a harsh cleaning or the lighting is just giving that look.

It is hard to say for certain without having it in hand; and even then, it might be hard to say for certain.

[Arminius]

Hard to say just from the pictures. I never saw a similar ancient portrait.

So i think probably a cast and patinated modern tourist fake than a contemporary ancient imitation.

 

[Valentinianvs]

Its a fake for me, epigraphy looks strange for a contemporary imitation, cause is spelling in a good latin but I never see this style, and I see a lot of imitative coins, in good latin and in unrecognizable letters... but never in this style.