Museu do Porto – Do Medalheiro Allen ao Gabinete de Numismática

Published January 30, 2026

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AC Rhetorik Serif in use together with Salmanazar for the catalog to the exhibition Do Medalheiro Allen ao Gabinete de Numismática (“From the Allen Medal Collection to the Numismatic Cabinet”) published by Museu do Porto.

Luís Cepa on the design:

The book highlights over 300 sets of coins, medals, and banknotes, which form part of the collection acquired by the municipality in 1851 for the establishment of the Museu Municipal do Porto. The origins of this collection lie in the medal cabinet founded by João Francisco Allen (1781–1848) and these artifacts, spanning different periods of history, are presented chronologically (Ancient Greece, Roman, Iberian, Suevic, Visigothic, Arab, up to the emergence of the Portuguese monarchy).

All objects have been photographed and displayed in carefully curated sets throughout the book, with visual scales of 8.5, 6, and 3.5 cm. Coloured backgrounds are used to enhance the texture and metallic composition of each coin. Each item is accompanied by introdutory cientific texts, key characteristics, and an exact transcription of its inscription.

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