Regini & Atrebates Tincomarus c. 25 BC-AD 10 Tincomarus Medusa Gold Quarter Stater Very Rare

Name: Regini &amp; Atrebates Tincomarus c. 25 BC-AD 10 Tincomarus Medusa Gold Quarter Stater *Very Rare*
SKU: IAC261
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Code: IAC261

Regini & Atrebates

Tincomarus c. 25 BC-AD 10 Tincomarus Medusa Gold Quarter Stater

Very rare

ABC 1076, 10mm, 1.21g

An enigmatic type, boldly different to the usual horse design, this die cutter clearly had a keen eye for style and intricate detail resulting in a much accomplished final product.

Obverse

TINC inscription in corded tablet, C above and A below. Pellet border.

Reverse

Facing head of Medusa. Pellet border.

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Comments

Evans: II.4 (1864, p. 166, pl. II).
Evans: XVIII.6 (1890, p. 501, pl. XVIII). A below.

Van Arsdell Classification: Atrebatic E, Second Coinage of Tincomarus. Van Arsdell lists two varieties of Tincomarus Medusa Type:
VA 378 – 01: A below tablet.

Sills DK 341: Southern Coinage; Tincomarus; Quarter Staters: Class 4 – Medusa. From the same classically-inspired group as Warrior staters (ABC 1055) with a similar panel. The reverse resembles a coin from L Lentelus and C Marcellus struck at Apollonia in 49BC (Crawford 445/1a), although there are other less likely possibilities. It also resembles Chichester and Petersfield Cernunnos (ABC 683 and ABC 686), which are early units from the same region. Medusa may be a Gallo-Roman representation of a Celtic god. A below tablet (4 obverse, 2 reverse dies).

Sills has the Classical Warrior staters (ABC 1055), the Medusa quarter, the Eagle (ABC 1106) and Victory (ABC 1130) units and the ABC Bird minim (ABC 1133) as equivalents due to the identification letters on the obverse. They follow on from the Alfriston stater (ABC 1049) and its equivalents.

Sills chronology: Gallo-Belgic Ca – Insular Cf / Aa Westerham – British Ad – British Q and L – British Qa-b Derivatives – Commios – Tincomarus.

See David Woods, “The A, B, C of the Classical Series of Coins Under Tincomarus”, BNJ 87, 2017.

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 (Feb 1996) Spink COE Plate coin (1999) VA378-1

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.

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