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Tincomarus TINC / lion silver unit
Coin 13 · Tincomarus (Southern region: Atrebates)
A worn silver unit of Tincomarus. The record reads TINC around a central pellet on one face and a lion with an ox skull below on the other.
- Issuer or group
- Tincomarus (Southern region: Atrebates)
- Metal
- Silver unit
- Date (record)
- 20 BC–AD 10
- Catalogue refs (record)
- ABC 1121; VA 382; BMC 978–980
- Specimen
- PAS 844896
- Specimen size
- Not in the record. The model is about 13.2 mm across, estimated from the scale in the photograph.
Obverse. TINC around a central pellet (record).
Reverse. Lion left, with a bucranium (ox skull) below (record).
Worn specimen in a low-resolution photograph (1280 pixels wide). Detail on both faces is limited, and the reverse is reconstructed only to outline level.
Diameter and weight are not in the record.
Features
| # | Feature | Face | As-minted evidence | On the found coin | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letter C | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A C-shaped letter near the right edge. |
| 2 | Letter N | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Angled strokes in the lower right, read as N. |
| 3 | Radiating strokes (top) | Obverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | Raised strokes pointing in from the upper edge. |
| 4 | Animal | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A worn animal across the middle of the face. |
| 5 | Small motif below | Reverse | Observed in the photo | Partly visible on this find | A small raised shape below the animal. |
In the record but not modelled
- Letters T and I of TINC: In the record's reading; not readable as letters on this photo.
- Central pellet: In the record; not located in the photo.
The found specimen
- Wear
- Moderate to heavy (the record calls it worn).
- Corrosion
- Dark toned surface; no crusting visible.
- Strike
- Cannot be judged at this photo resolution.
- Completeness
- Complete (record); oval flan.
These are descriptions, not grades. Thickness in the model: inferred (no weight or thickness recorded): set to 8.5% of the diameter.
Source and licence
Based on a photograph by Anni Byard / Oxfordshire County Council, via the Portable Antiquities Scheme and Wikimedia Commons (file page as retrieved, revision 1114299587), licensed CC BY 2.0. Changes: the two faces were cut out of the photograph, rotated and rescaled to a common frame, and used to make an interpretive 3D reconstruction. Depth, the edge and unseen surfaces are inferred, not measured. The as-minted version is further cleaned, restored and recoloured by us.
SHA-256 of the archived original: 7ff873dce0a0934bc8d8685e3a740d96c2077f15db27651923c94c22959f6588. Retrieved 2026-10-16.