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Historical Archive: Third century with more precise dates: early third century frog brooch, Gaul late 1st-mid 3rd c., copper alloy/enamel/glass/silver/gilt, Morgan 2012.2:4 scallop shells embedded in a wall fragment, late 2nd to early 3rd c., Musée Carnavalet Paris Medea and her children from a funerary monument, Adony (Hungary) late 2nd-early 3rd c., HNM 62.114.1 Bellerophon and the Chimaera, architectural sculpture, late 2nd-early 3rd c. Dunapentele (Hungary), HNM 27.1903.1 Bellerophon and the Chimaera, architectural sculpture, late 2nd-early 3rd c. Dunapentele (Hungary), HNM 27.1903.1 Bellerophon and the Chimaera, architectural sculpture, late 2nd-early 3rd c. Dunapentele (Hungary), HNM 27.1903.1 sarcophagus of Eugami and Cyriaca, from S. Vittore, Ravenna, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale oculist: sarcophagus of Eugami and Cyriaca, from S. Vittore, Ravenna, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale sarcophagus of Eugami and Cyriaca, from S. Vittore, Ravenna, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale sarcophagus of Eugami and Cyriaca, from S. Vittore, Ravenna, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., Ravenna Museo Nazionale Aphrodite from Karanis (Egypt), alabaster, late 2nd-early 3rd c., KM 0000.00.8525 Aphrodite from Karanis (Egypt), alabaster, late 2nd-early 3rd c., KM 0000.00.8525 ransoming of Hector's body, marble sarcophagus lid, late 2nd-early 3rd c., KM 1979.03.0001 ransoming of Hector's body, marble sarcophagus lid, late 2nd-early 3rd c., KM 1979.03.0001 Dionysiac triumph, marble loculus cover, late 2nd-early 3rd c., Penn MS4017, which has its own page Mithras fr. City of London temple, marble, late 2nd-early 3rd c., MoL A16933 Mithras and the Bull from Dormagen, c.200 AD, limestone, RLM tessera obverse: Mithras, silver, c.200 CE, MStA 1978.7. For reverse and cm scale see MStA. Roman lady, Empress Aquilia Severa?, marble, c.200-230, KM 1983.03.0001 Roman lady, Empress Aquilia Severa?, marble, c.200-230, KM 1983.03.0001 Roman lady, Empress Aquilia Severa?, marble, c.200-230, KM 1983.03.0001 Roman lady, Empress Aquilia Severa?, marble, c.200-230, KM 1983.03.0001 votive relief with Silvanus, Óbuda (Hungary) 1st half of 3rd c., HNM 166.1881.1 Iulia Domna, gilded silver, Rome 205-11, SMBMünz 8200788 Caracalla (211-17), later inscribed O Petros, amethyst intaglio, Roman, CdM Chab. 2101 marble head from Rumeli Hisar, c.130-60 or *Caracalla c.212-17, Penn MS216, which has its own page altar dedicated to 'the best and greatest Jupiter, for the welfare of the emperors', Dunapentele (Hungary) 213 CE, HNM 137.1874.6 altar dedicated to 'the best and greatest Jupiter, for the welfare of the emperors', Dunapentele (Hungary) 213 CE, HNM 137.1874.6 altar dedicated to 'the best and greatest Jupiter, for the welfare of the emperors', Dunapentele (Hungary) 213 CE, HNM 137.1874.6