Watch List notes:

Aemilian. 40-as; Aemilian; 253 AD, Rome, As, 5.91g. Obv. legend var. of RIC-42b = C-67 (Vienna, 60 Fr.). Obv: IMP CAES AE[M]ILIANVS [P F AVG] Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: VOTIS / DECENNA / LIBVS / S C in four lines within laurel wreath. Middle bronzes of Aemilian are all very rare, being barely represented in even very large collections. The Hohenkubin middle bronze collection, for example, sold by Lanz Graz in 1974, contained only two such pieces, one dupondius and one As, the As having been acquired from the famous Trau Sale of 1935. Our VOTIS As combined with Aemilian's first obverse legend may even be an unpublished variety; Cohen reported such an As only with Aemilian's second obverse legend, in the Vienna collection.Slightly rough surfaces. EF