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Mithra: the surprising inadequacy of labels

The fifth in a series of weekly installments featuring insights from the authors of ‘Images of Mithra’, published in March 2017, looks at coins in the Kushan empire, and why having a name for something isn’t always a good thing.

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Empires of FaithApril 27, 2017July 6, 2017Leave a comment

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