Altar with Sol from Ptuj
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Abramic, 180f No. 243 and fig. 127; AIJ I, 148f No. 315 and fig. See figs. 406-407.
On its r. side naked Sol standing on a protruding stone base. His head is surrounded by twelve rays; in his upraised r.h. a whip and in his outstretched l.h. a globe. Behind him four heads of horses in clouds indicate his quadriga.
On the l. side a person with a corona muralis on his head. He holds a cornucopia in his l.h. and with his r.h. he is pouring out a patera above an altar.
On its front is the inscription No. 1592.
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