Monumentum
Helmet of Leccus from Ober-Florstadt
Bronze helmet fragment from Ober-Florstadt bearing a dedication reading Virtuti donum dedit by Vibius Leccus, librarius
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
TNMM 1493 ↔ CIMRM 1081
Fragment of a bronze helmet; the vizor is missing. On it one reads: Virtut(i) . . . . . . . . .d(onum) d(edit) and between these words Leccus fil(ius?) with some uncertain letters.
CIL XIII, 7425 reads: Virttut(i) (sic) Vib(ius) Leccus l(ibrarius) d(ono) d(edit) meaning Mithras' virtus (Cf. Mon. No. 1065 Friedberg).
References
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae