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Imperial inscription dedicated to Sol Aeternus and Luna from Lisbon, under Septimius Severus

A large inscription from Olisipo (modern Lisbon), recording a dedication to the Eternal Sol and Luna for the perpetuity of the empire and the welfare of Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta, executed under the supervision of Drusus Valerius Coelianus and others, dated to the Severan period…

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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.

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Two terracotta lamps with Mithraic imagery from the Passeri collection, Pesaro

Two terracotta lamps formerly in the Coll. Passeri and now probably in the Museo Olivieri at Pesaro: the first showing Mithras as a bullkiller, the second in the shape of a bull's head inscribed Μέθρα ἱερός on the horns, both regarded as probably forged…

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Two small heads in Phrygian caps from Cataio

Two small marble heads in Phrygian caps from the Castle at Cataio in the Veneto, cited by Dütschke, which may belong to torchbearer figures.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Inscription of L. Aebutius Eutychius from Villa Vicentina

An inscription from Villa Vicentina, a locality near Aquileia in the Friuli, recording a dedication to Deus Invictus by L. Aebutius Eutychius, a freedman of Primus.

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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.

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Cautopates relief from Torcello

A marble relief found on the small island of San Michele di Zampanigo near Torcello in the Venetian lagoon, now in the Museum of Torcello, showing a cross-legged figure in Eastern attire resting his head in his right hand and holding a downward-pointing torch (Cautopates), framed by poppies…

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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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Base of Q. Muielius Iustus dedicated to the Genetrix from Trento

A square base found with its companion piece at Trento, dedicated to the Genetrix of the god in thanks for a birth by Q. Muielius Iustus and 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.

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Square base from a possible Mithraeum at Trento

A square base found in 1868 near the Sardagna waterfall at San Niccolò beside the ancient Roman road in Trento (ancient Tridentum), in ground full of debris suggesting a nearby necropolis and possibly a Mithraeum.

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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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Temple of Sol inscription from Como, dedicated under Diocletian

An inscription recording the completion and dedication of the Temple of Sol at Como by T. Flavius Postumius Titianus, corrector of Italy, by order of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian, with Axilius the Younger as curator of the city of the Comenses.

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Inscription of M. Calvius Satullio from the Angera Mithraeum

An inscription on the altar base from the Mithraeum at Angera, recording that M. Calvius Satullio dedicated a base to Jupiter Optimus Maximus on behalf of the inhabitants of the vicus Sebuinus.

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Marble altar base with mythological reliefs from the Angera Mithraeum

A white marble altar base from the Mithraeum at Angera, decorated with palmettes, eagles carrying a festoon and rosettes on the front, dolphins on the reverse, and on each side mythological scenes of Jupiter and Neptune combatting Giants with snake-feet.

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Six decorated marble columns from the Angera Mithraeum

Six small marble columns found in the Mithraeum at Angera in northern Italy: two plain-fluted, two carved with palm stems and lion's and Gorgon's heads alternating on the upper ledge, and two with serpentine coils and griffins flanking an amphora…

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Black marble cippus dedicated to Cautopates by G. Munatius Tiro from Val Camonica

A black marble cippus from Val Camonica with clear but inelegant lettering, dedicated to Cautopates by G. Munatius Tiro, a duovir iure dicundo, and his son G. Munatius Fronto.

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