Nummi Antiqui Familiarum Romanarum Perpetuis Interpretationibus Illustrati
Nummi Antiqui Familiarum Romanarum, a 1703 numismatic catalogue of Roman coin families compiled by Jean Foy-Vaillant and edited by George Gallet, held by Heidelberg University Library and written for scholars and collectors of antiquities. Each plate is a framed grid of engraved coin obverses and reverses, labelled with a family name at the top and a plate number at the bottom. For designers, the pages offer a dense, orderly system of repeated medallion roundels joined by small link ornaments, with portrait profiles alternating against classical reverse figures, animals, and architecture.
