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<p>[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8298527, member: 120820"]Yes, certainly by the end he seems to have been - there are inscriptions to SOL INVIСTO MITHRAE etc, and we do see these radiate depictions. But, in the Tauroctony reliefs Sol and Luna often appear as distinct characters from Mithras, and he's more typcially just wearing his Phyrgian cap.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm guessing the Kushans are depicting the Persian Mithras.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8298527, member: 120820"]Yes, certainly by the end he seems to have been - there are inscriptions to SOL INVIСTO MITHRAE etc, and we do see these radiate depictions. But, in the Tauroctony reliefs Sol and Luna often appear as distinct characters from Mithras, and he's more typcially just wearing his Phyrgian cap. I'm guessing the Kushans are depicting the Persian Mithras.[/QUOTE]
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