De nummo Pantheo Hadriani Imperatoris, ad ill[uminati]mum Spanhemium dissertatio : in qua praeter nonnulla de consecrationibus veterum, illarúmque origine, peculiaris quaedam instituitur comparatio inter Hadrianum, & Alexandrum M. multáque illis communia demonstrantur

Nicaise, Claude, 1623-1701 · 1690 · Lugduni : Apud Anissonios, Joan. Posuel, & Cl. Rigaud · 30 pictures

A 1690 Latin numismatic dissertation by Claude Nicaise, printed in Lyon, that studies coins of the emperor Hadrian and compares him with Alexander the Great for scholars of antiquity. Its plates are engraved line drawings of ancient coins, showing obverse portraits in profile paired with reverse designs. A designer could take from them the clean, schematic ring-framed medallion layout, with laureate profile heads, lettering set around the rim, and small seated or standing figures on the reverse.

Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138 · Numismatics, Roman · Numismatics, Roman -- Early works to 1800 · Numismatics, Greek -- Early works to 1800 · Numismatics, Greek

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