罕見的7世紀金幣描繪了在英國領域發現的跳舞人

一位金屬探測者在英國領域發現了七世紀的稀有金幣。硬幣是有史以來第一個同類的席位，包括對男人跳舞的描繪。

A metal detectorist has located a rare gold coin from the seventh century in an English field. The small coin, which is no larger than a fingernail, was spotted in the fall and has been identified by coin expert Adrian Marsden of the Norfolk Historic Environment Service.

一位金屬探測者在英國領域找到了七世紀的稀有金幣。小硬幣不超過指甲，在秋天被發現，並已由諾福克歷史悠久環境服務的硬幣專家阿德里安·馬斯登（Adrian Marsden）確定。

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>A metal detectorist discovered a rare gold shilling from the seventh century in an English field.

>一位金屬探測者在英國領域發現了七世紀的稀有金先令。

>The coin is the first schilling of its kind ever found and includes a depiction of a man dancing.

>硬幣是有史以來第一個同類雜物，包括對男人跳舞的描繪。

>The newly discovered shilling tested at about 60 percent gold content.

>新發現的先令測試約為60％的黃金含量。

The decorated schilling is part of a series of seventh-century coins that have been turning up in the same area, located in an area that has yielded other seventh-century coins.

裝飾經過裝飾的架子是一系列七世紀硬幣的一部分，這些硬幣已在同一地區出現，該區域位於該區域，該區域中產生了其他七世紀硬幣。

In an article for The Searcher, Marsden wrote that the coin is the first of its kind ever found. “It’s of a wholly new type, undoubtedly English—and East Anglian,” he wrote, adding that it’s likely from the seventh century A.D., likely between 640 and 660 A.D., when the founders of the kingdom of East Anglia were introducing Christianity to the land.

馬斯登在搜索者的一篇文章中寫道，硬幣是有史以來第一個。他寫道：“這是一種全新的類型，無疑是英語和東英吉利人。”他補充說，這很可能是從公元七世紀開始的，可能是公元640年至660年之間的，當時東英吉利亞王國的創始人正在向這片土地介紹基督教。

The schilling is patterned after a series of knell shillings located in the same area. This one stands out for the design that packs plenty in a small space.

在同一區域的一系列跪下先令之後，該架子是圖案化的。這個設計在狹小的空間中擠滿了大量的設計。

“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, 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。相互鏈接的三角形更為稱為女武器，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 over 56 percent to over 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，所有結果都以超過56％至60％的金色將其與現代結婚戒指相符，這使硬幣具有純淨外觀，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。”