Silver Unit - Tincomarus Tincomarus Boar Star

Tincomarus was a son of Commius — the Atrebatic king who had served as Caesar's envoy in Britain before dramatically switching sides during the Gallic Wars. The dynastic coinage Tincomarus issued reflects a deliberate Romanization, a political alignment with Augustus that marked a sharp departure from his father's bitter opposition to Rome. This piece predates the more overtly Romanized issues that came later in his reign, placing it at the beginning of that ideological shift.

Tincomarus was eventually expelled — probably by his brother Eppillus — and fled to Rome, where he is attested in the Res Gestae of Augustus as a suppliant king.