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Gold Stater - Commios Commios Muzzles
| Issuer | Atrebates and Regini tribes (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 30 BC |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | COMMIOS |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 30 BC) |
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Commios was, by any measure, one of the most consequential figures in late Iron Age Britain — a former ally of Julius Caesar who defected during the Gallic Wars and eventually fled to Britain around 50 BC after a failed assassination attempt against him ordered by the Romans. The coinage bearing his name is among the earliest in Britain to carry a ruler's name at all, placing these staters at a pivotal moment when tribal leaders began asserting individual political identity through their currency.
The "Muzzles" classification within the Commios series distinguishes this die grouping from related emissions by the specific rendering of the horse's muzzle on the reverse — a detail used by modern scholars to sequence the output of his mint.