Rare Zodiac Wheel
CNG 91, Lot: 664. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Elagabalus. AD 218-222. Æ (27mm, 9.15 g, 12h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Male deity, holding scepter, standing facing within distyle shrine with pronounced architrave; all within zodiac wheel. Kadman,
Akko 165; BMC -; Rosenberger 70. Fine, grayish-green patina, earthen deposits. Rare Zodiac type.