CAPRICORNUS

CAPRICORNUS
State Medal (12 medals), 1984/5744

The Lord said unto her: "My daughter, I have created twelve signs of Zodiac in the heavens and I have created all of them for you alone!" (Treatise Berakhot 32:)
Song of the Zodiac "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained" (Psalms 8:4).

Obverse:
Common to all 12 medals, the famous "Zodiac" discovered on the mosaic floor of an ancient synagogue at Beit-Alfa.

Reverse:
Each medal with the sign of the Zodiac, according to the month (an enlargement of the signs in the "Zodiac" mosaic), the name of the Zodiac sign in Hebrew and English. On the border all Zodiac signs are depicted.

Edge: Milled

Designer: Nathan Karp

Engraving: Kretschmer

Mint: Kretschmer