Imagines et vitae imperatorvm Romanorvm: Illae ad vetusta numismata fideliter designatae; hae ex probatissimis auctoribus depromtae. Addita ad singulas imagines Ausonÿ & aliorum Elogia Tetrasticha
A 1599 Latin book of Roman emperors compiled by Hubert Goltzius and printed at Leyden by the Plantin press, presenting engraved portrait medallions of rulers copied from ancient coins for scholars and collectors. The pictures are small, dense woodcut-style profiles framed in inscribed roundels, showing laurel wreaths, armour, drapery and lettering around the rim, a clear model for designers building coin-style emblems and classical heraldic borders.
