Lot 4002
Celtic Coinage. Britain. The Regini and Atrebates. Tincomarus. Alton type. Gold Stater (5.45 g, 17 mm).). Late 1st century BC-early 1st century AD. Abstracted head with elements of wreath and face, one or more smaller hidden faces formed of S-shapes and pellets. Reverse: TINC-O-MA-RVS, triple-tailed horse right, charioteer's arm above, "coffee bean"-shaped objects above and before, trefoil under head. BMC 765.Spink 72. Extremely Fine/Good Very Fine. Extremely rare and important and among the very best of the approximately ten examples known.
The name of the issuing king had long been thought to be Tincommius. The error resulted from combining as a single word the abbreviated king's name TINC with the abbreviated patronymic COM - or sometimes COMMI - in his numismatic inscriptions. The 1996 discovery in Hampshire of a stater bearing the clear and complete name TINCOMARVS allowed for the renaming of the king.
Estimated Value $12,500 - 15,000.
Ex Chris Rudd List 94 (July 2007), lot 20.
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