位於諾里奇附近的黃金先令可能只是一個大小的指甲，但它充滿了歷史

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A metal detectorist working near Norwich, England, recently unearthed a small gold shilling that may be no larger than a fingernail, but it’s nevertheless imbued with quite a bit of history—and some distinct designs.

一位在英格蘭諾里奇（Norwich）附近工作的金屬探測者最近發掘出了一種小的黃金先令，可能不比指甲大，但它仍然充滿了很多歷史，並且有一些獨特的設計。

The small coin, discovered in the fall, has led coin expert Adrian Marsden of the Norfolk Historic Environment Service to ponder the unique emblems marking the coin, which he published his view on in an article for The Searcher.

秋天發現的小硬幣導致諾福克歷史環境服務的硬幣專家阿德里安·馬斯登（Adrian Marsden）思考著標記硬幣的獨特標誌，他在搜索者的一篇文章中發表了自己的觀點。

As the coin expert notes, the coin is the first of its kind ever found. “It’s of a wholly new type, undoubtedly English—and East Anglian,” Marsden wrote in the article. Located in an area that has yielded other seventh-century coins, the decorated schilling is connected to a series of shillings he has seen before. But this one is still in a class on its own, thanks in part to the design that packs plenty in a small space.

正如硬幣專家所指出的那樣，硬幣是有史以來第一個。馬斯登在文章中寫道：“這是一種全新的類型，無疑是英語和東安格利安。”裝飾經過裝飾的Schilling位於已經產生了其他七世紀硬幣的地區，與他以前見過的一系列先令有關。但是，這仍然是自己的課程，部分原因是設計在一個小空間中包裝了很多。

“The obverse of this one has a man, with rather oversized head, performing what appears to be a jig with his legs crossed whilst placing a cross, held out in his left hand, over an odd design composed of three interlocked triangles,” Marsden wrote.

馬斯登（Marsden）寫道：“這個人的正面有一個男人，頭大，頭頂表演，表現出夾具，雙腿交叉時，將十字架放在他的左手伸出的十字架上，這是一個由三個互鎖的三角形組成的奇特設計。”

He said the Christian elements with the cross are obvious, inspired by the standard depiction of Christian emperors of the late Roman empire. The interlinked triangles are better known as a valknut, he said, a pagan design that has an uncertain meaning. They could be associated with the Scandinavian god Odin, who helped bring the dead to the afterlife, but the expert calls that “speculation,” since nobody is quite sure what the valknut—the word is a modern compound meaning knot of those fallen in battle—symbol really stands for.

他說，十字架的基督教元素是顯而易見的，靈感來自已故羅馬帝國基督教皇帝的標準描述。他說，相互聯繫的三角形是一個夫妻，這是一種具有不確定含義的異教設計。他們可能與斯堪的納維亞神奧丁有聯繫，後者將死者帶到了來世，但是專家稱其為“猜測”，因為沒有人完全確定女武器 - 這個詞是一個現代的複合，意為在戰鬥中落入戰鬥的人，這是符合人的作品。

The other side includes a cross-like design enclosed by a border of small pellets. The questions surrounding the symbolism point to a time where both Pagan and Christian images were used, Marsden says. The unique design could be a form of a cross or even a swastika, which at the time was likely a good luck symbol. The coin also had a poor attempt at a Latin-style inscription that Marsden said really didn’t amount to any language.

另一側包括一個被小顆粒邊界所包圍的橫切設計。馬斯登說，象徵主義圍繞象徵主義的問題表明了使用異教和基督教形象的時期。獨特的設計可能是十字架甚至swastika的一種形式，當時這可能是一個好運的象徵。硬幣也嘗試了拉丁風格的銘文，馬斯登說，這確實沒有任何語言。

The coin was tested for purity, and all results rendered it with a gold content of 56 percent to 60 percent, in line with a modern-day wedding ring, giving the coin a pure look that would have likely been uncommon in the seventh century.

對硬幣的純度進行了測試，所有結果都以56％至60％的金色將其與現代的結婚戒指相符，這使硬幣具有純淨的外觀，在七世紀可能很少見。

Under the nation’s updated Treasure Act, the coin will likely be displayed at a museum, possibly the Norwich Castle Museum.

根據《國家更新的寶藏法》，硬幣可能會在博物館（可能是諾里奇城堡博物館）展出。

“I think that this shilling does stand at the head of an East Anglian Royal coinage that quickly—as the kingdom became Christian—got rid of the valknut and retained the cross,” Marsden surmised about the provenance. “The new coin straddles two eras, the Pagan and the Christian.”

馬斯登（Marsden）對出處說：“我認為這種先令確實站在東英吉利皇家造幣的頭上，因為王國成為基督徒 - 擺脫了小貓，並保留了十字架。” “新硬幣跨越了兩個時代，異教徒和基督徒。”