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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4984469, member: 89314&quot;]Here is an oddball Swiss Half Guldentaler:</p><p><br /></p><p>BASEL&nbsp; 1/2 Guldentaler (1/2 Plankustaler) 1571 featuring Lucius Munatius Plancus on the reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucius Munatius Plancus (87 -15 BC) , a disciple of Cicero,&nbsp; Roman senator and officer of Julius Caesar, was a brilliant speaker and successful politician known for changing sides several times.&nbsp; He defeated the Raetians in battle in 44 BC and subsequently founded the colonies of Lugdunum (Lyon) and Augusta Raurica (Kaiseraugst) on the Rhine in Gaul. In the 16th century he was erroneously recognised as also the founder of Basel (supposedly as a sub-colony of Raurica) and a city hero and his statue stands in the City Hall courtyard. Half guldentalers were struck in his honour in 1542 and 1571 and an undated (1620-50) Taler and (these are for Panzerman) two undated gold ducats in the 17th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197480[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1197481[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>His armour looks much more 16th century than Roman !</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is his statue at the Basel Rathaus looking a bit more Roman:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197486[/ATTACH] </p><p>Photo by Wladyslaw Disk, user of the German Wikipedia[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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