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Monumentum

Foundation deposits from the Mithraeum of Friedberg

Ritual coin deposits beneath sanctuary bases helping date the Mithraeum to the late second century A.D.
 
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026

TNMM 1485 ↔ CIMRM 1070

Underneath base 1 a small silver cup was found in which were a coin of Faustina Minor and another of Trajanus. Under base 3 lay a coin of M. Aurelius from 180 A.D. These coins were concealed here on the occasion of the erection of these bases. The Mithraeum therefore must have existed at the end of the second cent. A.D., but when it was destroyed is not certain.

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