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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.
 
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28 May 2026

TNMM 2266 ↔ CIMRM 1387

"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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