Monumentum
Base of bluish marble with encircling serpent, Villa Giustiniani, Vatican Musea
Base of bluish marble formerly in the Villa Giustiniani near Porta Flaminia and now in the Vatican Musea, Cortile della Pigna, with a round pedestal encircled by a bearded crested serpent biting its own tail, probably supporting a statue of Aion.
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
Base of bluish marble (H. 1.20 Br. 0.50–0.60). Formerly in the garden of the Villa Giustiniani "ad portam Flaminiam", now in the Vatican Musea, Cortile della Pigna.Zoega, Abh., 395 No. 1; Maionica, Felsengeburt, No. 15; MMM II 208 No. 25 and fig. 36; Pettazzoni in AntC XVIII, 1949, Pl. VI fig. 12.On a base with inscription (No. 526) a round pedestal, with a snake wound around it, biting its own tail. The snake is bearded and has a crest with six rays. There are four holes in the four corners of the base, which are left free by the round elevation (diam. 0.55). Although the surface of this elevation is smooth…
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