Regini & Atrebates Tincomarus c. 25 BC – AD 10 Tincomarus Alfriston Gold Stater *Rare*
£1,850.00
Regini & Atrebates Tincomarus c. 25 BC – AD 10 Tincomarus Alfriston Gold Stater
Wreath, cloak and crescents, crescents also above wreath/Triple tailed horse right, wheel below. TIN above, COMARVS below
Rare
ABC 1049; 17mm, 5.43g
This type always softly struck, this being one of the better examples we have seen.
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, 2000 VA 363-1
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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