Lyon cup

The Lyon cup (French: gobelet de Lyon) is a silver Gallo-Roman cup found in Lyon (Lugdunum in Roman times), France.

It is decorated in relief with a series of images: a reclining male figure with a deer and dog; a seated male figure with purses and a raven; an eagle confronting a serpent; two trees diametrically opposed. The wilderness scene has been interpreted variously as representing the gods Cernunnos and Mercury; the gods Cernunnos and Lugus; the god Apollo and a blessed devotee; and a complicated scene involving the divine trio Taranis, Teutates, and Esus. The raven is likely a symbol of the city Lugdunum.

The cup has been dated to the 1st century CE on the basis of its repoussé silverwork. The naturalistic relief is of unmistakably Gaulish influence and is probably evidence of a local workshop.

Discovered in 1929 during construction work, the cup is now in the collection of the Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon-Fourvière.