Caroli Patini ... Introductio ad historiam numismatum: Antehâc Gallicè bis edita ; Nunc Latinè versa, & novis accessionibus locupletata
Charles Patin's Introductio ad historiam numismatum, a 1683 Latin treatise on ancient coins, printed for scholars and collectors of antiquities. The pictures are engraved plates of coins in paired medallion layouts, each with a portrait or figure on the obverse and a legend or reverse design beside it. A designer might take the framed circular medallions, lettering arranged around the rim, and the laurel-wreath borders as reference for classical emblem and seal design.
