Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
6 Ducats
| Issuer | City of Basel |
|---|---|
| Year | 1700-1710 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 6 Ducats (48) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of Lucius Munatius Plancus, the Roman general and founder of Colonia Raurica (ancient Basel), depicted in classical Roman military attire including a plumed helmet, muscled cuirass, and pteruges, facing left on a decorated pedestal. His right arm is raised, and his left hand rests on a large oval shield prominently inscribed SPQR. The surrounding Latin legend, separated by stops, commemorates Plancus as the founder of the Rauric colony, all within a milled border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Basel's multi-ducat issues of this period were civic prestige pieces rather than trade currency, struck in small quantities for presentation to visiting dignitaries, city officials, and diplomatic delegations. The city-republic jealously guarded its minting privileges well into the early eighteenth century, and issues like this one reflect Basel's determination to project independent municipal authority during a period when Swiss confederate politics were increasingly consolidating around cantonal rather than urban identities.
Freudenberg 74 is among the rarer Basel gold multiples, with surviving examples traceable to a handful of major auction appearances over the past four decades.