Can this be cleaned?

[pierre_p77]

Here´s an antoninianus of Aurelian. Can this be cleaned?

[CzarMike]

Yes, you should soak it in distilled water, or olive oil(I would go with water)then periodically brush it with a soft nylon brush, as there is some dirt left on it.

[pierre_p77]

Thanks, I will try this

[Johnny]

Sorry for the late reply on this

I agree fully with CzarMike ,  and would also  jujt soak in DW  and nylon brush it

The light brown dirt on the coin should come off .  the rest is as good as it's gonna get.

The green patina is a bit rough,  but any attempts to smoothen this will more than likely just remove the patina since it does not look too thick in some places

If the nylon won't remove the dirt,  I would leave it  and not attempt to go more agressive,    in my opinion,  will do more harm than good.

Please let us know of the progress on this coin

cheers

[pierre_p77]

Here´s the result on the Aurelian. Don´t think it chnged much. Maybe this is how good it going to get?

[gavignano]

I don't thing there is much more to do with it. The patina does look thin, anything more aggressive mgith take it off and leave it very blotchy looking.
I tried to "improve" a Probvs with a quadriga reverse once that looked just like this. i just ended up exposing some of the high points and made it worse......Joe