Gallo-Roman Figural Votive Plaque c. 3rd Century AD #7

Gallo-Roman Figural Votive Plaque c. 3rd Century AD #7
Such artifacts are also referred to as "Danube Rider" or "Danube Mystery Cult" plaques,
Rectangular type: above, fish swimming left
The 1st Tier: Writhing snakes facing inward and feeding on an urn/chalice. To left, bust of Luna on the crescent moon; to right, radiate bust of Sol.
The 2nd Tier: A pair of mounted horsemen (Castor and Pollux) each proceeding inward and flanking the standing facing figure of Epona, the sole Celtic divinity ultimately worshipped in Rome itself as the patroness of cavalry. To left, forepart of a ram, one leg raised; to right, a togate (?) figure. Beneath the horsemen, a pair of trampled enemies, supine, facing each other, one arm expended.
3rd Tier: left to right; tripod, eagle-topped standard, a man kneeling left, hanging rabbit in a small tree, three pellets above an amphora, and a cockerel standing left on a ram's skull (bucranium).

diameter: 74x85mm, weight:
mint: ,
ref:
Q-001