Monumentum
Bronze Sol typum from Augst
Round perforated bronze plaque from Augst, ancient Augusta Rauricorum, bearing a dedication of an aurichalcum image of Sol to Deo invicto; interpreted by Cumont as evidence for identifying the dedicatee as Mithras.
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
"Lamella aenea rotunda cum foraminibus quattuor". Zürich, Schweizerisches Landesmuseum.CIL XIII 5261; MMM II No. 451; Riese, No. 3427; Howald-Meyer, 312 No. 348; Stähelin, 525 n. 4.Deo invicto / typum aurochalcinum / Solis."L'opposition de Sol et de deus invictus rend probable que celui-ci désigne bien ici Mithra" (Cumont).
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