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Silver belt fitting with Tauroctony

Silver belt fitting with Mithras tauroctony and aristocratic hunting horsemen, fourth century AD.
  • Silver belt fitting with Tauroctony.

    Silver belt fitting with Tauroctony.
    Drouot

  • Silver belt fitting with Tauroctony.

    Silver belt fitting with Tauroctony.
    Drouot

 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2120

Silver belt fitting. Roman Imperial period, 4th century AD. H 7.8 cm, W 22.9 cm.

The belt fitting, probably belonging to a high-ranking officer, consists of three movable plates connected by hinges and the buckle. All parts are decorated with spherical decoration, all figurative depictions are gilded. On the buckle, both the frame and the side parts of the spike end in animal heads.

The central plate depicts Mithras killing a bull, while the sides each show a noble horseman hunting. The one on the left is killing a boar with his lance, the one on the right a lion.

Provenance: Ex private collection J. H., Munich, acquired in 2002 from A. Tkalec, Munich.

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