DIVVS AVGVSTVS AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE NORICO-PANNONIANS IN DACIA. COINS FROM OCNA SIBIULUI - FAȚA VACILOR / LA FĂGĂDĂU SITE

Abstract

The salt deposits from Ocna Sibiului contributed to the birth of some Roman settlements in this area. One of these, is the settlement from Ocna Sibiului-Fața Vacilor/La Făgădău, which belonged to the Norico-Pannonian settlers. In 2018 a wooden house was partially investigated during the excavations made in the section S 22, its research being finished in 2019 when a new section, S 24, was opened in the area. In S 24, on the house ground, a coin issued by Tiberius for Divus Augustus was found. In Dacia the majority of such coins are related with the first level of inhabitation, especially with Trajan’s reign. This archaeological find is a clue which may suggest that the beginning of this settlement and the arriving of the Norico-Pannonians here have to be placed in the time of Emperor Trajan.

Keywords

• norico-pannonians
• colonisation of dacia
• divus augustus coin
• celtic settlement
• ocna sibiului