Watch List notes:

Aurelian. AD 270-275. AV Aureus (20mm, 4.13 g, 6h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. 3rd emission, AD 272. IMP C L DOM AVRE LIANVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars advancing right, holding transverse spear with right hand and trophy over shoulder with left; at feet to right, captive seated right. Lava 400 = S. Estiot, "L'Or romain entre crise et restitution (270-276 apr. J.-C.). I. Aurélien" in Journal des Savants 1999, 60d; RIC Online 1484; RIC V 15 corr. (mint); BN 424-35 (same dies); MIR 47, 127q (O97/R298); Toffanin 400/2; Calicó 4048 (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 1589; Triton XXIII, lot 837 (same rev. die). Lightly toned, traces of deposits, marks, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. VF.