Is it at all possible to identify this coin with strange reverse?

I'd like to see a picture of it if you have the time. I'm genuinely curious to what it is!

 

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I shall definately post it.
It is now in the olive oil tub for soaking another 48 hours. After that I shall do one more thing and than post whatever it looks like then.

 

Makanudo, did you end-up saving it? ... or ...



Oh, and although the coin looked like it'd seen far better days, sounds like we're all rootin' for it and we'd all love to see it once it's dried off (good luck)

 

Here's why I think you should consider electrolysis:

http://simoslife.blogspot.com/2016/08/before-and-after.html

Vinegar will eat into the metal of your coin. Electrolysis will remove the patina, but it won't damage the underlying metal. (It won't, however, undo any of the damage to the metal that has already occurred due to corrosion.)

 

I am not using vinegar, but I am not using electrolysis either. Me and electricity..., we are bad match.

 

I saved it for now...
Will I end up ruining it? Jury is still out.
The only way to make it presentable is to strip the remaining patches of brown patina( which I like) and make it base metal only.
I am afraid however, that it would take some rough methods and that I wont do.

 

Well...this is as far as I could take it without going radical on this coin.
In case anyone could reckognise it now, it would be great.
Those curvy stretch lines are there because it is greased.

 

Hmm, the pictures are overexposed and odd in color, but the cleaning job went pretty well!

The reverse could be Salus standing right, holding/feeding a snake (based on the posture and position of her arms). My best guess is Roman Imperial denomination of As, 1st-2nd century CE, male emperor, Salus reverse. I don't know if Salus standing right was a figure on any of those coins, but I'll browse some archives later

Hard to say about the denomination though, if it even is Imperial rather than provincial. I don't know how much weight was lost via corrosion.

 

Sorry about the photos. I am not the best with camera.

 

Roman emperor on one side, standing figure on the other.

 

Couple more photos

 

Bust looks like Hadrian to me.

 

I'm not 100% sure about your coin, but I absolutely "love" the fact that you went through the effort to photograph it on the back of an alligator!!



=> suspect coin, but huge balls!!

 

Cojones Aheneus