Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi, Sive Dissertationes De Moribus, Ritibus, Religione, Regimine, Magistratibus, Legibus ... post declinationem Rom. Imp. ad Annum usque MD: Omnia Illustrantur, Et Confirmantur Ingenti Copia Diplomatum Et Chartarum Veterum, Nunc primùm ex Archivis Italiae depromtarum, Additis Etiam Nummis, Chronicis, Aliisque Monumentis Numquam Antea Editis
Antiquitates Italicae Medii Aevi is a 1774 scholarly compendium edited by Lodovico Antonio Muratori, covering medieval Italian customs, religion, government, and laws, with its numismatic plates printed for antiquarian scholars. The plates show rows of paired coin obverses and reverses, each set labelled with a Roman numeral and a metal or mint abbreviation between the two faces. A designer might take from them the dense, rule-bound arrangement of matched circular medallions, with ornate lettering crowding the rims and small central devices like crosses, eagles, and saints.
