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Please Identify This Old Coin | Fel Temp Reparatio

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diameter varies from 16-1 to 16.3 mm
weight 2.1g

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It's a Late Roman Bronze, reverse FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier spearing fallen horseman. Issued by several emperors in the mid-300s AD, but I can't read enough of the obverse legend to ID the emperor on this one. Can't read the mintmark, either.
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What is the black crust on the coin? Is it a layer of oxidation like rust? As this coin is not much anyway, would it harm it to scrape off the crust using a wooden toothpick?
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It is a layer of dirt and crud called patina. Best worth not scraping it, but if you want to, do it carefully.
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