Ruler
Tincomarus · c. 25 BC–AD 10
Probably the British king who fled to Augustus
Tincomarus (earlier read as Tincommius, until coins with his full name were found from 1996) ruled the south of the Thames around the turn of the millennium. His coins call him a son of Commius, the Gaulish king Caesar had set over the Atrebates. He is probably the British king whose name, broken off after 'Tim', Augustus lists among the rulers who came to him as suppliants ( 32). His coins, like this one with his name in a , are strikingly Roman in style.,
Known for Probably the British king who fled to Augustus (Res Gestae 32); his coins follow Roman designs much more closely than earlier British coins.
Family and links
- Tincomarus: the ruler of this coin · on the timeline
- Commius: father, as his coins claim (C F and CO, for Commi filius); Commius himself is recorded by Caesar; read from coin legends (Commius recorded), · on the timeline
- Verica: successor; later king of the same people, who also calls himself son of Commius on his coins; read from coin legends · on the timeline
- Eppillus: successor; ruled the same people between Tincomarus and Verica in the modern reconstruction; one reading · on the timeline
People Atrebates and Regni: Modern names for the Iron Age peoples of southern England between the middle Thames and the Sussex coast: roughly today's Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex and eastern Wiltshire, with centres at Calleva (Silchester) and Noviomagus (Chichester). Catalogues treat their coins as one series.,
Read more: Wikipedia: Tincomarus · Res Gestae 32 (LacusCurtius) · ANS 1944.100.78371 (featured coin) · Tincomarus: all coins · Atrebates and Regni: all coins
