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Monumentum

Smaller finds from Capua Mithraeum

Miscellaneous finds from the middle of the Mithraeum of Capua, including a terracotta antefix with centaurs, basins, marble bases, lamps with a Sol head, and coins of M. Aurelius and Constantine.
 
The New Mithraeum
Updated on May 2026

TNMM 902 ↔ CIMRM 198

In the middle of the sanctuary: a) Fragm. of a terracotta antefix (0.15 : 0.31) with a group of Centaurs in relief. b) Cylindrical draining-pipe in terracotta (L. 0.49 diam. 0.24). c) Terracotta basin (H. 0.215) with three apertures for pipes. d) Fragm. of a marble plate (0.29 : 0.33) with ornaments in relief. Furthermore two marble bases (H. 0.12 and 0.30) and a third one in travertine (H. 0.30). Finally a small marble column with flutes (H. 0.17). e) A great number of small lamps (diam. 0.07–0.12), one of which shows a primitive head of Sol in radiate crown (cf. Minto, fig. 1). Another one has been adorned with rosettes and has an inscription MEN in the middle. f) Three coins of M. Aurelius, Constantius Chlorus and Constantine the Great.

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