Regini & Atrebates Tincomarus c. 25 BC – AD 10 Tincomarus Tincom Commi Gold Quarter Stater *Very Rare*

Regini & Atrebates Tincomarus c. 25 BC – AD 10 Tincomarus Tincom Commi Gold Quarter Stater

TINCOM  COMMI  in 2 lines/Horse left, pellet mane, sun wheel above, bird? below

Very Rare

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ABC 1073; 9mm, 1.20g

An especially sharply struck example with clear legends, often this small module type is prone to die clogging which obscures the inscription, a premium coin.

Provenance

This coin is from The London Collection of Ancient British Coins. For more information click here: The London Collection – Silbury Coins : Silbury Coins

Spink PT, 1997  Spink COE 2026 plate coin  VA 365-1

This coin comes with a previous label.

 

Tincomarus (25 BC–AD 10?)

Striking both in gold and silver, Tincomarus is notable in that he is one of several Atrebatic rulers to style himself ‘COM F’ on coinage – an abbreviation of the Latin Commii Filius (‘son of Commius’). His issues are highly variable, being divided into no fewer than four different styles. These demonstrate a clear shift from indigenous art-styles towards Classically-influenced motifs, which often employ designs derived from contemporary Roman prototypes. The latter has been suggested as evidence that Tincomarus spent time in Rome as a hostage, which in all likelihood exposed him to a plethora of Classical art in various mediums. No finer example of this exists in his coinage than the so-called ‘Tincomarus Warrior’ staters (e.g. ABC 1061/BMC 767–8), the reverse featuring an equestrian design lifted directly from Republican denarii of 82 BC, struck by the moneyer P. Crepusius. He appears in Augustus’ Res Gestae, being named as a suppliant British king alongside the Kentish Dubnovellaunos.