Nice Coin For Cleaning

Agree Paul.

Definitely a coin with lots of potential. Hard to find true "uncleaned" coin these days

Looks like it will clean up nicely.

Nice set of coins. If I may ask what will be the process you will use to uncover the identity of these coins?

yeah, that should clean up nice indeed paul. dirt of that texture/color in pics usually comes of well it seems to me.

Still waiting on the coin. There is no information with the tracking number. I emailed the seller yesterday asking if he'd sent it, but haven't heard back.

The coin is cleaned. It turned out to be Arcadius. Not quite as nice as I had hoped, but still an attractive example for this type.

The emperor's figure on the reverse is a weakly struck, but the rest of the coin is nice. I left a bit of dirt on it to contrast with the black patina.

I soaked it in hydrogen peroxide and used a nylon brush.

Here's a link to a similar coin on VCoins:

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/an...Default.aspx

The coin turned out very nicely, Paul, but I messed up. I originally had it in mind to suggest a cleaning method that would have left you with a legitimate sand patina and contrasting dark elements at all of the raised points. The process is simplicity itself.

For next time: Rub the coin between your thumb and forefinger continuously until the sand material gets down to the desired level. Obviously you keep an eye out to make sure you are not damaging the coin, and stop at the first sign of anything wrong. Also, you can switch to an alternate method at any point, as you prefer. But by this method you can get an appealing sand patina presentation of the features that is authentic (unless the encrustation was artificially applied in the first place).

It's a matter of personal preference which approach to coins like this you want to follow - the look of sand patina or one that gets down to the true patina of the metal. This coin had the potential for a good look by either method.