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Red pottery fragments with bull and lion from Trier

Two red pottery fragments from a plate found near the Schützenstrasse at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica, showing the forepart of a horned bull and the hindquarters of a lion, possibly Mithraic in character.

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White marble Mithras head in Phrygian cap from Trier

A fragment of a white marble head in a Phrygian cap, facing right, probably representing Mithras, with an uncertain find-spot but likely from Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica.

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Bronze votive slab dedicated to Deo Invicto from Heiligkreuz near Trier

A bronze votive slab bearing a dedication to the unconquered god, found on a hill at Heiligkreuz near the proposed Mithraeum at Augusta Treverorum (modern Trier) in Belgica.

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Coin hoard from Saarburg Mithraeum

A collection of 284 coins, spanning from 254 to 395 AD and mostly of the fourth century, found in the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, indicating that the sanctuary was founded under the Severan dynasty and destroyed in the fourth century…

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Bound skeleton found on main relief fragment at Saarburg Mithraeum

A skeleton of a man aged approximately thirty to forty years, with arms tied behind his back and wrists bound with an iron chain, found lying on a fragment of the main relief at the back of the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica…

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Fragmentary inscription from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragmentary inscription from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, recording a dedicant's gift made a second time.

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Naked torso possibly of rock-birth Mithras from Saarburg Mithraeum

A naked torso of a robust figure, preserved as far as the navel with head and arms lost, from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, possibly representing the rock-birth of Mithras.

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Fragment of Mercury with bird from Saarburg Mithraeum

A fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man with a bird, possibly a cock, on his left arm, tentatively identified as Mercury, with the head, hands, and parts of the legs lost.

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Relief fragment of naked man from Saarburg Mithraeum

The right lower corner of a relief fragment from the Mithraeum at Pons Saravi (modern Saarburg) in Belgica, showing a standing naked man holding his hands crosswise on his breast, with the upper part and head lost.

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Dedication to Deo Soli Invicto Mithrae from Vasio

A brief dedicatory inscription to Deus Sol Invictus Mithras, found at Vasio (modern Vaison-la-Romaine) in Narbonensis.

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Cautes statuette raising torch from Eauze

A white marble statuette of Cautes, dressed in a long cloak and raising his torch with both hands without being cross-legged, found near Eauze (ancient Elusa) in the Armagnac region of Aquitania.

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Inscription of Litorius Pacatianus, beneficiarius, from the Housesteads Mithraeum

An altar with a praefericulum on the right side and a patera on the left, found at the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads) in 1822, recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Invictus Mithras Saecularis by Litorius Pacatianus, beneficiarius consulis, for himself and his family…

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Inscription of Publius Proculinus, centurion, 252 A.D., from the Housesteads Mithraeum

An altar found in 1822 at the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Invictus Mithras Saecularis by Publius Proculinus, centurion, for himself and his son Proculus, during the consulship of Gallus and Volusianus in 252 A.D…

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Inscription of Herion dedicated to Sol from the Housesteads Mithraeum

The inscription on the altar No. 858 from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), recording a vow willingly and with merit fulfilled by Herion to Sol.

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Limestone statue of Aion from the Housesteads Mithraeum

A limestone statue from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), representing a standing male figure in short tunic with bare legs and feet, arms held tight along the body with clenched fists once holding attributes now lost, with part of a snake on his right arm…

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Limestone tauroctony relief from the Housesteads Mithraeum

A large limestone tauroctony relief in several fragments from the Mithraeum at Borcovicium (modern Housesteads), the vaulted main fragment showing Mithras slaying the bull with Cautes raising his torch beside the bull's foreleg, a crescent of Luna in the upper corner…

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Marble statue of a standing deity (Poseidon?) from Mérida

A marble statue from Augusta Emerita (modern Mérida), depicting a standing dressed male person whose right leg leans against a tree-trunk and whose raised right arm once held a lance or trident, tentatively identified as Poseidon.

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Inscription "Deo Mithrae" from a fullonica at Pula

A brief inscription reading D(eo) M(ithrae), found inside a fullonica at Pola (modern Pula) in a room that had once served as a vestibule.

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Inscription of Feronius Censor dedicated to Sol Deus Invictus from Aquileia

An inscription found in the church of San Felice at Aquileia, recording a vow fulfilled to Sol Deus Invictus by Feronius Censor, with a head of Sol carved between the first two words.

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Epistyle fragment "Deo Invicto Mithrae" from Aquileia

A fragmentary epistyle from Aquileia preserving part of the inscription [Deo In]victo [Mi]th[rae], indicating the presence of a Mithraic sanctuary in the city.

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