Trajan AE Sestertius - Help to Clean this Coin

Hi Ancient Coin Experts,
I bought this coin a few days ago and it just got here in my hands.
Weight is 21,9g and diameter 34x32mm.
The seller has provided a certificate of authenticity for this coin. So, can I clean her? I ask because I can see almost nothing on her. If the answer is yes, how can I clean this coin without damaging it?
Any information will be very good.
Thanks in advance.

 

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I don't see anything to clean. The coin is worn. If you strip the patina it will be a worn coin with no patina.

That's not to say it in't an interesting coin, as are all ancient coins... but I'd definitely leave it alone and enjoy it the way it is.

I have no idea if the attribution is correct but I suppose it could be.

 

I doubt cleaning will improve this coin. I see no deposits really, it's just a very worn coin.

 

Well, just in case, i have purchased it from https://jafetnumismatica.com.br/, and for a very cheap price for this coin. Only $25. So, I will use my way to clean her.
Thank you all.

 

Leave it be! There's nothing to remove but patina. You'll ruin it.

 

Ooh, don't do that, I'm already feeling guilty for cleaning this coin.

 

There isnt anything to clean. If you do you will take that $25 coin and reduce it to zero$ (or even negative). You have already been advised not to. Dont screw with it. You will only destroy what little value the coin has as is.

 

Nothing wrong with cleaning coins in general, it's just silly to clean this coin. It's been cleaned already and there's no more detail to be found.

 

I dont know. Sometimes you just cant help someone. He/she has already said:

I take that to mean they have not cleaned the coin yet, but then they posted:

Well. It seems the cleaning was done before the post (or roughly so). We cant go back in time. If you did indeed clean this coin you destroyed any monetary value it might have had. Probably also destroyed any numismatic value as well. Decade after decade, I have to shake my head in wonder that such things actually happen.

 

This. The coin has already been cleaned. What you are seeing is called patina, and most people prefer the look of patina to bare metal. If you strip the patina off you won’t see any more detail, you will just see a yellowish version of the same thing you see right now. Please don’t do that.

 

Did anyone notice that the certificate includes two completely different photos of the coin about to die? I salute the dealer for putting so much effort into so little coin.

 

No one else will ever again take two photos of that coin ... unless it's for a post mortem.

 

These two posts are roughly 15 minutes apart. Is that all the time it took to do the deed?

 

Guys, I asked about the cleaning because I trust in you all. If you experts tell me "don't do that" obviously I will accept as a fact. The coin remains absolutely as I received hours ago. Ok?

 

No, I took two photos of the certificate because one was took showing the OBVERSE of coin and another showing the REVERSE.

 

DO NOT CLEAN THIS COIN! There, said my piece. It does indeed look like the octostyle temple type, if one looks hard enough. Just be happy that it passed through so many hands - soldiers, merchants, everyday Romans, and has a lot of history to it.

 

Hooray!

 

I did not resist...

 

Tooth paste, a bristle brush, and a bit of 'simonize', right fellows?

Modern fellows are having an heart attack.......