. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. II.—Tetr.\i)r,\chm of Lvsimachi's of Thrace, as reprosciiuxl by Rouille, and actual coin (photo from Rouille and author's photo). In 1511 Margareta Pcutingcr, wife of the German humanist Gonrad Peutinger, sent to her brother C:hristoph W'elser, for publication, a numismatic paper on the titles of Roman emperors. For the same peri(;d Ernest Babelon '''' reports the name of Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1563), a \'icnnese doctor who, in his Commentatiorum vetustalorum numismatum (1558), first conceived the idea of a "corpus nummorum," c
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. II.—Tetr.\i)r,\chm of Lvsimachi's of Thrace, as reprosciiuxl by Rouille, and actual coin (photo from Rouille and author's photo). In 1511 Margareta Pcutingcr, wife of the German humanist Gonrad Peutinger, sent to her brother C:hristoph W'elser, for publication, a numismatic paper on the titles of Roman emperors. For the same peri(;d Ernest Babelon '''' reports the name of Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1563), a \'icnnese doctor who, in his Commentatiorum vetustalorum numismatum (1558), first conceived the idea of a "corpus nummorum," compendium of all the coins of antiquity—a gigantic project which has seemed too ambitious even for mod- ern 5? Sec listings in Li'sciiin von Ebfngruuth, Allgcineine Miinz- hmde, pp. 709; Bfrmiart, IlmMticli, pp. 3-4; Babelon, Traili, vol. 1, cols. 99 ff. '» Babklon, 'Iraile, vol. 1, col. 99. Fig. 12.—Ch''ME Bude (1467-1540), Di- rector of the Bibliothequc Xationalc, Paris (photo courtesy Bibliothequc Xationalc). In Italy I'uKio Orsini (Fuhius Ursinus), called the "father of ancient iconography," gained a wide repu- tation not only through his treatise on ancient por- traits. Imagines et elogia virorum illustrium et eruditorum ex antiques lapidibus et numismatihus expressa (1570), but also through his large collection of coins, manu- scripts, and books, and through his exceptional al)ility to detect false coins. His correspondence and travels brought him into contact with scholars and collectors in many countries, who, in turn, approached him on numerous occasions for his opinion as to the authenticity of certain pieces. 18 BULLETIN 229: CONTRIBUTIONS I-ROM TME MUSEUM (5F HISIORV .AND TECHNOLOGY. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Muse
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