Tuuuuuuesday Afternoooooooon

Normally I might have passed on something this rough. But ....... I could see the face of Caligula, the two attendants and the bull getting his throat cut. Having purchased from the seller before I have the expectation that it may actually be one of those much desired "better in hand" variety. The sellers pics are not the best (the ones shown were improved on by myself) and his selection of auction close not the best either ! 12:02PM EST which would be what ...... 5 o'clock in Europe and 9AM in California and on a Tuesday !

Not a gem but it does fill up an empty spot on the cheap!

Edit

I neglected to send a thanks to 'Jimbo'!
The link was quite useful and informative

Does not look like it has much cleaning potential. The patination is probably the only reason it has any detail left at all ! The center hole is best left plugged with encrustation.
If anything something to darken the patina might help make it look more 'venerable'.

A true coin for you, good spotting Furius! Keep us updated with the new pictures

Well the Moody Blues did come to mind

What I just noticed a few hours ago is that in the pic the 'hole' appears to be rectangular and somewhat larger on the obverse than the reverse. Like a nail head.
The thought had occurred to me that if it were indeed a "phalera" that punching a hole through the emperors mid section might be a dangerous thing for a man in uniform to do ! Unless of course the 'damage' was fixed neatly to make the coin appear whole.

Will be interesting to examine firsthand. I expected an encrusted center hole but it looks more like a 'plug' now. Time will tell.

I like it even more !