Silver Unit - Tincomarus Cernunnos

Features

Issuer	Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain)
King	Tincomarus (circa 25 BC - AD 8)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	30 BC - 25 BC
Value	Silver Unit
Currency	Stater
Composition	Silver
Weight	1.1 g
Diameter	12 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 460251
References	ABC# 1109 Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills; 2010. Ancient British Coins. Chris Rudd, Aylsham, United Kingdom. , Van Arsdell# 370 Robert D. Van Arsdell; 1989. Celtic Coinage of Britain. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Sp# 86 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , BMC Iron# 926, 927, 928, 929 Richard Hobbs; 1996. British Iron Age coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

Series: Warrior Com F Tinco

Obverse

Facing horned head with rounded face and thick hair.

Reverse

Bull left. Inscription above and below. Pellet below tail.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TIN
C

Unabridged legend: Tincomarus.

Comments

Van Arsdell Classification: Atrebatic D, First Coinage of Tincomarus.

Sills has the Warrior Com F Tinco stater (ABC 1064), the Com F Tinc quarter (ABC 1085) and the Cernunnos unit as equivalents due to the crude obverse inscriptions and similar leaping animals. They follow on from the Native Warrior stater (ABC 1061) and its equivalents.

The facing bust is copied from denarii of L. Plautius Plancus from 47BC (Crawford 453/1c).

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

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (30 BC - 25 BC)

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