Ad nummum Furiæ Sabiniæ Tranquillinæ, Aug. Imp. Gordiani tertii uxoris dissertatio
A 1688 Latin dissertation by Otto Sperling, published in Amsterdam by Henricus Desbordes, on a Roman coin of Empress Furia Sabinia Tranquillina, wife of Gordian III, written for scholars of ancient numismatics. The pictures are small printed ornaments: a dense foliate border strip, a heraldic shield with a bow-topped mantling, a decorated initial N with leafy scrolls, and a robed figure holding a tablet beside a plain panel. A designer could draw on the compact woodcut-style foliage and the shield-and-mantling device for period borders and monograms.
