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Gold coin of Hooerkes depicting Mithras

Gold coin of the Scythian king Hooerkes, reverse showing MIOPO (Mithras) as a goddess with cornucopia, north-west India, c. 87–129 A.D.
 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Gold coin. Gardner, 138 No. 20 and Pl. XXVII, 14; MMM II 186 No. 1b and fig. 2; Leipoldt, fig. 3.Obv.: Bust of Hooerkes.Rev.: M I O P O. Goddess with nimbus and radiate crown standing to the right. She wears a diadem in her hair. She holds a cornucopia with both hands. In front of her a character. Rim of pearls.

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