Gold Stater - Tincomarus Alton

Tincomarus was a son of Commius — the Atrebatic king who had served Caesar as an envoy before spectacularly defecting during the Gallic Wars. By the time Tincomarus issued this stater, Roman cultural influence was reshaping southern British coinage rapidly, and his issues reflect a ruler consciously positioning himself within the Roman orbit. He was eventually expelled from his kingdom, likely by his brother Eppillus, and fled to Augustus in Rome, a fact recorded in the Res Gestae — making him one of the only British rulers mentioned by name in an imperial document.