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AN ANCIENT GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE MITHRAS

AN ANCIENT GRAECO-ROMAN BRONZE MITHRAS


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Bronze cast representation of Mithras, the Eastern sun god. He wears a hooded cape, sleeved tunic, leggings and appears to have bare feet. Possibly from a Phrygian workshop. 1st Century B.C./1st Century AD. 3 inches high. Intact. Ex. old Belgian collection of Maria Segers, 1970s. For a very close parallel, see Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, mary Comstock and Cornelius Vermeule, # 677, pg. 464.