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Three-part tauroctony from Serdica

Arched marble tauroctony relief in two fragments from Sofia, ancient Serdica in Thracia, divided into three parts, with Mithras killing the bull in the centre and subsidiary scenes on either side; the weathered surface limits identification.

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Mithras and Sol in biga from Novae

Marble slab fragment from Steklen, ancient Novae in Moesia Inferior, depicting Mithras and Sol in a two-horse chariot with the bust of Oceanus above.

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Tauroctony fragment from Novae

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from Steklen near Svichtov, ancient Novae in Moesia Inferior, preserving the right part of a bull-slaying scene with a serpent and the grotto border.

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Sacred repast relief from Viminacium

Small white marble relief from Kostolac, ancient Viminacium in Moesia Superior, depicting the sacred repast of Mithras and Sol: two reclining figures behind a three-legged table (tripod), in an arched niche.

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Cautes relief from Viminacium

Right portion of a limestone Cautes relief from Kostolac, ancient Viminacium in Moesia Superior, depicting Cautes standing on an elevation in Oriental dress — not cross-legged — with a semicircle above him, probably Sol's nimbus.

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Tauroctony relief from Viminacium

White marble tauroctony relief from Kostolac, ancient Viminacium in Moesia Superior, formerly walled into the Castle of George Branković at Smederevo, depicting the standard bull-slaying.

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Altar of Aurelius Montanus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Invicto by Aurelius Montanus, miles of Legio V Macedonica.

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Altar of Flavius Marcellinus tessararius from Turda

Small altar found in the floor of a house at Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Deo invicto by Flavius Marcellinus, tessararius.

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Altar of Aurelius Victorinus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Aurelius Victorinus.

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Altar of Aurelius Dolens from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, recording a dedication by Aurelius Dolens, miles of a legion, ex voto.

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Tauroctony relief with corn-ear tail from Turda

Fragment of a white marble tauroctony relief from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, depicting the bull-slaying with the bull's tail ending in three corn-ears, the dog, serpent, and scorpion.

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Inscription of Iulius Iulianus from Turda

Inscription from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, recording that Iulius Iulianus erected the monument ex voto.

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Tauroctony relief with inscription from Turda

Lost white marble tauroctony relief from Turda, ancient Potaissa in Dacia, depicting the bull-slaying with dog, serpent, and scorpion; the inscription in the lower border named the dedicant Iulius Iulianus.

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Altar of the Augustales from Cluj

Limestone altar from Cluj, ancient Napoca in Dacia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae for the welfare of the ordo Augustalis.

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Altar of Marcus Cocceius Genialis from Cluj

Inscription from Cluj, ancient Napoca in Dacia, dedicated to Deo Soli invicto by Marcus Cocceius Genialis, vir egregius, procurator Augustorum of Dacia Porolissensis.

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Zodiac fragment from Salona area

Oval relief fragment from the outskirts of Split near ancient Salona, Dalmatia, preserving two zodiacal signs — probably from a border decoration of a Mithraic monument.

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Rock-birth relief from Salona

White limestone relief fragment from the walls of Salona, Dalmatia, found in 1906, depicting naked Mithras being born from the rock with a dagger in his right hand and a torch in his left.

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Altar of Septimius Valentinus to Fons from Sárkeszi

Limestone altar fragment from the Mithraeum at Sárkeszi, Pannonia Inferior, dedicated to Fonti dei by Septimius Valentinus, optio.

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Tauroctony relief corner from Budapest

Right upper corner of a white marble tauroctony relief from Budapest, ancient Aquincum or its vicinity, in the National Museum since 1868, preserving part of the grotto border and divine busts.

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Altar of Libella leo to Deo Arimanio from Aquincum

Altar found at Altofen in 1855, ancient Aquincum, dedicated to Deo Arimanio — Ahriman, the Zoroastrian adversary — by Libella, leo, as a votive dedication to the fratres; one of the very few Mithraic dedications to Ahriman from the Roman world.

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