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

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

Tinc Horse

Obverse: Inscription in incuse tablet.

Script: Latin, Lettering: COM F Unabridged legend: Commius Filius.

Translation: Son of Commius.

Reverse: Horse right. Inscription above. Reversed C below. Wreath border.

Script: Latin, Lettering: TIN, Unabridged legend: Tincomarus.

ABC 1085

S82; 8mm, 1.18g

Comes with rough find area provenance

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.