Altar from Novaria by Aelius Secundinus

TNMM 622 ↔ CIMRM 704

Aronae ’nelle case Pertossianae’ near Novaria.

[S]acrum Soli / Mit[hr]ae numini / v... invict(o) deo / [v]isu iussus / Aelius Secundinus.

v probably read instead N(abarze) (Cumont).

This inscription appears on a small altar in poor condition. The letters are difficult to decipher. Although the formula invict(o) deo can be read more or less correctly, the same cannot be said for the supposed v that precedes it, which most commentators (including Mennella, 1999) have resolved into v(ictori), a highly hypothetical case. It is therefore difficult to use this single inscription as a basis for making victor a Mithraic epithet.

Gneiss altar (beola chiara, pres. h. 56,5 cm) with inscription, found before 1877 in a private building in Arona (Lago Maggiore). Currently Preserved in Novara, Lapidario della canonica di Santa Maria.