Mithras for sale! – A Cautes figure at auction in Monte Carlo (CIMRM 645 / 646)

🫧 Open on Bubbles Exciting news for those with rather more money than myself – a two foot (67 cms) tall statue of Cautes, one of the torch-bearers (“dadophores”), the attendants of Mithras, is up for sale at the Interencheres sale “From Caesar to Caesar” in Monte Carlo on the 8th August 2026. The lot is here on the auction house website . Here’s one of the images: The inscription is “Hymnus inbicto” (for “invicto”), “Hymnus (gives this) to the unconquered (god)”. The estimate is 30,000 euros – about $34,000