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Monumentum

Marble statue of Bonus Eventus from the Walbrook Mithraeum, London

A white marble statue from the Mithraeum at Walbrook in London, depicting Bonus Eventus standing in a long hanging cloak, leaning on a ship's stem, holding a cornucopia against his shoulder and a patera above a burning altar from the back of which a serpent entwines itself round the god's arm.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026
White marble statue, found in London near Walbrook in 1889. London Museum, Inv. No. A 16933.Standing person in long, hanging cloak, which leaves the upper part of the body uncovered. Beside his left foot the stem of a ship, floating on the waves. With his left hand he holds a cornucopia against his shoulder. With the other hand he holds a patera above a burning altar, from the back of which a serpent arises, entwining itself round the god's arm and then disappearing again behind the altar (Bonus Eventus).

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