Ruler
FreeCommios · coins c. 50–20 BC
Commios is known from gold coins naming him in southern England. He is usually identified with Commius, the Gallic leader whom Julius Caesar made king of the of northern Gaul and sent to Britain as his envoy in 55 BC, and who later turned against Rome and fled to Britain. The link is not proven. These little quarter staters do not carry his full name; catalogues give them to him because they share the style of his silver coins and are found in the same places. Evans for a time gave them to Verica instead. Three later kings of the region, Tincomarus, Eppillus and Verica, call themselves sons of Commios on their coins.,,,,,
Known for The first ruler named on coins of the southern kingdoms; probably the Gallic ally and later enemy of Julius Caesar.
Commiosthis coin
Commius of the Gallic Atrebatespossibly the same man, recorded (Caesar, Frontinus); the identification with the British Commios is a modern reading,,
Tincomarusson, as his coins claim, read from coin legends
Eppillusson, as his coins claim, read from coin legends
Vericason, as his coins claim, read from coin legends
People Regini and Atrebates: Iron Age peoples of central southern England: the Atrebates in today's Hampshire, Berkshire and north Wiltshire, the on the Sussex coast around Chichester. Their gold coins carry the names of Commios and of later rulers who call themselves his sons.,
Read more: Wikipedia: Commius · Iron Age Coins in Britain: ABC 1031 · Commios: all coins · Atrebates and Regni: all coins
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