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Monumentum

Temple restoration altar for Septimius Severus from Stix-Neusiedl

Marble votive altar from Stix-Neusiedl, Pannonia Superior, recording that Valerius and Valerianus restored a collapsed Mithraic temple at their own expense for the welfare of Emperor Lucius Septimius; red-painted lettering is preserved.

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27 May 2026

Marble votive-altar (H. 0.94 Br. 0.47–0.60 D. 0.35–0.43). Inv. No. III, 81.CIL III 4540; MMM II 381; A. Betz, Litterae Latinae IX, 1955 fol. VII No. 9.L.H. 0.045–0.065. Traces of red colour in lettering.Invic(to) d(eo) s(acrum) / pro s(alute) imp(eratoris) L. Se(ptimii) / Valerius et Va/lerianus temp(lum) / vetust(ate) conl(apsum) / inp(endio) suo rest(ituerunt).After 193 A.D.

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