Leontocephalic deity from the Fagan Mithraeum

White marble statue (H. 1.65 Br. 0.47), found in the Mithraeum Fagan, now beside the entrance of the Biblioteca Vaticana.Standing naked figure with lion’s head and wide open mouth. Behind his shoulders he has two small wings and two more on his hips. These wings have been placed in opposite directions and carry the symbols of the four seasons. They are decorated with a dove and a swan (top right), ears (top left), a buch of grapes (bottom left), two palms and a reed (bottom right). The god is entwined in six coils of a serpent, which rests its head on the god’s (Aion). On his breast a thunderbolt…