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Gold Plated 1/4 Stater - Tincomarus Tincomarus Tic Horse Contemporary Counterfeit
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 10 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ABC#cf. 1088 , Van Arsdell#cf. 388 , Sp#cf. 80 , BMC Iron#cf. 842-51 , Mack#cf. 102 |
| Obverse description | Central tablet or linear frame enclosing the dynastic inscription COM F, rendered in debased Latin capitals typical of late Iron Age Celtic epigraphy. The lettering, identifying the issuer as son of Commius (filius Commii), is the primary design element, set within a roughly rectangular border. The surrounding field displays vestigial decorative motifs characteristic of contemporary counterfeit production, with weakly struck and degraded detail resulting from the unofficial nature of the piece. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with a hastily produced imitative striking on a bronze core subsequently gold-plated. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised horse prancing to the left occupies the central field, rendered in the schematic Celtic artistic tradition with exaggerated, curvilinear limbs and body segments. The abbreviated royal legend TIC — a contraction of Tincomarus — appears divided above and below the horse, flanking the principal device in the customary Atrebatic manner. Decorative pellets and wave-like linear ornaments fill the surrounding field, consistent with the broader Tincomarus quarter stater series (cf. ABC 1088). The overall striking is crude and poorly centred, reflecting the coin's identification as a contemporary counterfeit produced on a base-metal flan with a superficial gold wash rather than a solid gold alloy. |
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