Rare Zodiac Wheel Type

342, Lot: 473. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Sidon. Julia Paula. Augusta, AD 219-220. Æ (29mm, 15.35 g, 5h). Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Cart of Astarte containing baetyl and flanked by star and crescent; all within center of zodiacal wheel. Rouvier 1571; BMC – (but cf. 10 for rev. type on coin of Elagabalus). Fine, green patina. Rare astrological type.