Descoperiri monetare în castrul roman de la Cigmău (jud. Hunedoara)
Monetary discoveries in the Roman camp of Cigmău (Hunedoara County)

Summary/Abstract: This Roman fortification, located near the Germisara thermal resort, housed the Numerus singulariumBritannicianorum. It has been archaeologically researched in recent years only. 102 Roman coins (41 silver and61 bronze) were discovered during these excavations. Their complete catalog (Appendix I) is accompanied bytheir photographic illustrations (Plates I-VIII). Their study (see Appendix II and III) offers a certain insight intothe history of this settlement.Certainly, the coins issued before the conquest of Dacia (13 pieces) arrived here only through Roman soldiersand colonists. The most numerous discoveries (21 pieces) date from the years of Trajan and Hadrian, and theymark the moment of the construction of the camp and the founding of the settlement. Later discoveries are lessnumerous. The preponderance of bronze coins is highlighted.Only under Caracalla did monetary circulation increase visibly, and it remained so until the reign of TrebonianusGallus. But during the Severan dynasty, silver coins predominated, and starting with Gordian III, bronzes issuedat Viminacium and in Dacia are the dominant cash (from the years of Philip the Arab appear only issues ProvinciaDacia). The monetary series stops at 255 AD.The economic life in this camp seems only partially similar to that in other auxiliary forts in Dacia. As specificfeatures should be highlighted the boom in the 3rd century and the large number of bronze coins. But the monetaryseries is too small to be representative. The information obtained must be verified through archaeologicalexcavations.

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