Venus of the Mithraeum. Statue of a headless female depicting Venus standing on a plinth. Beside him a Cupid mounted on a dolphin. High Empire, 2nd century AD. Marble. From Cerro de San Albin, Merida. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.

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