Familiae Romanae in antiquis numismatibus : ab vrbe condita, ad tempora diui Augusti
A 1663 Paris numismatic catalogue by Fulvio Orsini, printed by Du Bray, Variquet and de Ninuille, reproducing Roman family coin types from the city's founding to the time of Augustus. The pictures are rows of small framed engraved roundels showing portrait heads, chariots, temples, animals and inscriptions, set in ruled rectangular panels with family-name headers such as Arria, Maecilia and Postumia. A designer could draw on their tight circular framing, repeated coin medallion grids, and the crisp black-and-white line hatching of the borders.
