NNP

Vis-a-vis.  Two portraits facing each other; tete-a-tete. Opposite of accolated or conjoined.

Reference:                                                                                                                             

NE42 {1992} Doty, p 340.

excerpted with permission from

An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

Roger W. Burdette, Editor