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Altar of Sextus Vibius Hermes with silver signum from Mithraeum III, Ptuj
Inscription from Mithraeum III at Ptuj, ancient Poetovio, recording that Sextus Vibius Hermes, Augustalis of the Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovionis, donated a silver signum with its base to Soli invicto Mithrae, with Lucius Vernasius Heraclida presiding as pater.
The New Mithraeum
27 May 2026
S(oli) i(nvicto) M(ithrae) / Sex(tus) Vib(ius) Hermes Aug(ustalis) / c(oloniae) U(lpiae) T(raianae) P(oetovionis) sign(um) argent(eum) / cum base sua d(ono) d(edit) / cum suis patre / pros(tante) L(ucio) Vernasio / Heraclida.