The "proper country" of those imaginary persons who appear on the reverse of medals "is the breast of a good man"
Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals
At least 9 entries in ESTC (1726, 1736, 1746, 1751, 1753, 1754).<br>
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See <u>Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals: Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets.</u> ([London?]: Printed in the Year, 1726. &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004788594.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; in Three Volumes. Consisting of Such As Were Never Before Printed in Twelves. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Mr. Tickell.</u> (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand, 1726). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T89165">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading in vol. II of <u>The Works of Joseph Addison</u>, ed. George Washington Greene. (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1888), 1-130. 