Ruler
FreeCommios · coins c. 50–20 BC
Commios is known from gold coins bearing his name; catalogues give him this as well. He is usually identified with Commius, whom Julius Caesar made king of the in northern Gaul and who later fled to Britain, but the link is not proven. Three later kings of the region, Tincomarus, Eppillus and Verica, call themselves his sons on their coins. One finds record suggests this minim might instead belong to Tincomarus.,,,
Known for The first named ruler of the Atrebates in Britain; probably Caesar's ally and later enemy Commius.
Commiosthis coin
Commius of the Gallic Atrebatespossibly the same man, recorded (Caesar); the identification is a modern reading,
Tincomarusson, 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 and the on the Sussex coast around Chichester. Finds of this tiny coin come from Hampshire, West Sussex and Surrey.,,
Read more: Wikipedia: Commius · IACB: ABC 1046 · Commios: all coins · Atrebates and Regni: all coins
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