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Monumentum

Golden magical ring from the Castellani Collection

Gold ring amulet formerly in the Schlumberger Collection, published as Mithraic by Cumont and later identified as a healing charm against colic and diseases of the uterus.

Monumentum

Inscription of the Legio VI Victrix from Corbridge

Inscription from Corstopitum (modern Corbridge) recording a dedication to Sol Invictus by a vexillation of Legio VI Victrix under the governorship of Sextus Calpurnius Agricola in AD 163.

Monumentum

Limestone votive altar with Sol head from Pula

A small limestone votive altar from Pola (modern Pula) bearing on its front face a damaged relief head of a youthful Sol with long curly hair, above which is carved the inscription Soli and below the dedicatory text by Atticus (No. 757).

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Ara in the shape of a mystic chest dedicated to Deo Mithrae Soli from Aquileia

An altar in the shape of a mystic chest found at Aquileia in 1828, inscribed with a brief dedication to the Deity Mithras Sol.

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St. Wendel (Sankt Wendel)

St. Wendel is associated with archaeological material from the Roman-period Moselle-Saar region.

Locus

Praeneste (Palestrina)

Palestrina is a modern Italian city and comune with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about 35 kilometres east of Rome.

Monumentum

Two stone altars with torches from Apt

Two small stone altars from Apt (ancient Apta Iulia) in Narbonensis, one bearing a carved upraised torch representing Cautes and the other a downturned torch representing Cautopates.

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Luna bust and Sol head fragments from Entrains-sur-Nohain

Two stone relief fragments from Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis: one showing the dressed bust of Luna with a whip and crescent, and another showing the head of Sol with a crown of seven rays and a raven on the cave border.

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Stone base with statue feet from Entrains-sur-Nohain

A small stone base with a rectangular decorated box on its right side, found in the bed of the river Nohain during railway construction at Interanum (modern Entrains-sur-Nohain) in Lugdunensis, bearing on its top the feet of a statue and the inscription of CIMRM 941…

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Base of a Cautes statuette with inscription from Carlisle

The base of a statuette, preserving only one foot of Cautes, found at Luguvallium (modern Carlisle), bearing a dedication to Deus Cautes by Iulius, the archietus.

Monumentum

Altar "Deo Soli Invicto" from Stanford

An altar mentioned by Stukeley as being kept in his garden at Stanford (ancient Hattwifel), bearing the inscription Deo Soli Invicto.

Monumentum

Inscription "Soli Invicto Augusto Sacrum" from Capera

A square stone from La Oliva near Capera (modern Cáparra) in Extremadura, bearing an inscription dedicated to Sol Invictus Augustus.

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Cippus of Cestius Acidius Perennis dedicated to Sol and Luna from Lisbon

A great cippus from Olisipo (modern Lisbon), recording a dedication to Sol and Luna by Cestius Acidius Perennis, legate of the Emperor and propraetor of the province of Lusitania.

Monumentum

Marble relief of standing torchbearer from Cataio

A large relief in Italian marble kept in the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a standing torchbearer who holds his torch with both hands.

Monumentum

Statue of Cautopates pointing torch at rock from Cataio

A marble statue from the south wall of the gallery of the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, depicting a cross-legged torchbearer in Eastern attire (Cautopates) with a sorrowful expression, standing beside a rock at which he points his torch.

Monumentum

Bronze statuette of Cautopates with ram's head, found in Italy

A small bronze statuette reportedly found in Italy and now in the British Museum in London, depicting a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire (Cautopates) pointing a broken torch downwards with his right hand and holding a ram's head in his left.

Monumentum

Inscription of Callistus dedicated to Cautopates from Belignae

An inscription found behind the parochial house at Belignae near Aquileia, recording a dedication by Callistus to the august Cautopates.

Monumentum

Inscription of Q. Muielius Iustus dedicated to Sol from Trento

A brief inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a dedication to Sol by Q. Muielius Iustus together with his family.

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Inscription of L. Claudius Iustio with his sons from Trento

An inscription from Trento (ancient Tridentum) recording a gift dedicated to the Invincible Mithras by L. Claudius Iustio together with his sons Iustus and Iustinus.

Monumentum

Double-sided limestone relief with raven and tauroctony from Val di Non

A double-sided limestone relief found near Meclo in Val di Non in 1895, now in the Museo Nazionale at Trento, with a raven and altar scene on the obverse and scenes on the reverse showing a figure attacking a kneeling Phrygian-capped person and Mithras as a bull-carrier…

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