What is this?

I have the attached coin that I am about to begin cleaning. Before that I would like to get an idea about what I have. I have never seen one before. It is 28.8 mm X 2.78 mm and weighs 13.08 gm. There are 3 photos. You can see that the letters are in straight lines across the body of the coin. On one side there are at least 2 lines that are parallel. On the other side there is at least one line. These photos were not intended to be much other than for concept and type.

Any help to put me in the right direction would be appreciated.

 

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Since we can see copper, not sure why further cleaning would do anything.

 

I wasn't going to clean it further unless I need to identify. I'm hoping someone will tell what it is.

 

I don't see any encrustation that would need to be cleaned off. "What you see is what you get."

 

Do you know what it is?

 

Be patient a bit and I feel someone on here will come up with some possibilities.

 

I think the photos are upside down. It might be
GERMANICUS AE dupondius. Struck under Caligula, 37-41 AD. GERMANICVS CAESAR, Germanicus in quadriga right.
Reverse - SIGNIS RECEP DEVICTIS GERM, Germanicus standing left with eagle-tipped scepter, S C in fields. RCV 1820. Scarce. 28mm.
I don't have one, so I looked for and found one from CNG (Triton XX):

 

@Valentinian It looks like it could be. I will take some better photos and put them up after supper. Thanks very much.

 

With coins like this that are so rough, I wonder if you could rub some clay/rouge or some such substance into the coin to make details easier to see...not to try and doctor a coin for sale, but to aid in identification...

 

...verdi-care does wonders for that...

 

Actually, it doesn't. I use it often and it doesn't fill in pits.

 

I have some Rem Wax would that help?

 

Now that I have seen what it is supposed to be I can make out more details. I do appreciate the help.

 

it brings out details on my coins

 

Might be worth a try.

 

It does on mine too, by making the surface glossier, not by filling in the pits.

 

Any idea where I can get some verdi-care? It it out of stock on at Wizard Coin Supply

 

I see no doubt about the ID and see nothing that would improve the legibility. I would not apply anything that would obscure the detail that is there that would require more than water to remove if you decide that it was better before treatment. I'd leave it alone since you have the ID.

 

....well, we'll just ask @BadThad for a tad.....

 

LOL I appreciate it!