Outside the new Metropolis in Beroea lies an uninscribed fragment of a sarcophagus, belonging to the well-known type described by Altmann in his Architektur und Ornamentik der antiken Sarkophage as ‘Guirlanden-Sarkophage’. These Imperial garland-sarcophagi fall into four classes, listed thus by Miss J. M. C. Toynbee in The Hadrianic School, Cambridge, 1934, 202–3: ‘First, those on which the garlands, generally two, but sometimes three, in number, are supported by Amorini, while masks fill the semi-circular spaces above the garlands; secondly, those on which figure-scenes are substituted for masks; thirdly, the type with Victories instead of Amorini holding up the garlands, and with masks occupying the field above each garland; and, fourthly, the type with Victories as supports and with figure-scenes in the place of masks.’