40004805, Marlborough, 626, Front: Mithras slaughtering a bull. In the top corners a radiate head and a woman?s head with crescent (Sol and Luna); an altar at either side, one with an eagle over it; a snake, a scorpion, and dog below. Back: Abraxas, IAΩ on a shield, a whip in his hand. An unusual combination of the Mithraic and magic., Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009), Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870), 42.868, Haematite

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