Rare Zodiac Wheel

CNG 105, Lot: 593. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (26mm, 13.34 g, 12h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Zeus Heliopolites standing facing within distyle shrine; all within zodiac wheel. Kadman, Akko –; Sofaer 289. Near VF, earthen brown surfaces. Very rare.