从切尔姆斯福德（Chelmsford）地面出现后，英国最大的古代金币ho积了一个新家

从切尔姆斯福德（Chelmsford）的土地上崛起五年后，英国最大的古代金币唱片ho积了新家。

Five years after it was unearthed in the U.K., the largest-recorded hoard of ancient gold coins from the country’s Iron Age has found a new home.

在英国发掘了五年后，该国铁器时代的古代金币录制了最大的ho积，已经找到了新家。

The Great Baddow Hoard—named after the village in Essex, England, where it was discovered—has been acquired by the Museum of Chelmsford, the institution announced this week. The acquisition was supported by a group of funders, including the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which contributed £250,000 ($333,775) toward the purchase. The U.K.’s Treasure Valuation Committee valued the trove at £300,050 ($400,590).

该机构本周宣布，这位伟大的Baddow Hoard被发现在英格兰埃塞克斯（Essex）的村庄之后被发现。此次收购得到了一群资助者的支持，其中包括国家彩票遗产基金，该基金贡献了25万英镑（333,775美元）。英国的宝藏估值委员会对Trove的评价为300,050英镑（400,590美元）。

“The Museum of Chelmsford’s curatorial team has worked extremely hard over the last year to secure funding to bring the Great Baddow Hoard back to Chelmsford, where it belongs,” added Chelmsford City Council’s cabinet deputy for cultural services, Jennie Lardge, in a statement. “Not a lot is known about Chelmsford’s Iron Age history and the Great Baddow Hoard helps us fill some of the gaps in the archaeological record of this period.”

切尔姆斯福德市议会内阁文化服务局珍妮·拉尔格（Jennie Lardge）补充说：“去年，切尔姆斯福德博物馆的策展人团队在去年的资金中非常努力，以将伟大的Baddow Hoard带回了属于的切尔姆斯福德（Chelmsford）。” “对切尔姆斯福德的铁器时代历史并不了解很多，而巨大的bad多ho积可以帮助我们填补这一时期考古记录中的一些空白。”

The museum has nothing less than a one-of-a-kind collection on its hands. The hoard is composed of 933 gold coins, as well as assorted fragments of glass, leather, and a possible vessel, all dating to 60–20 B.C.E. It was during this time period that Iron Age tribes in Britain—among them the Trinovantes and Catuvellauni—began minting their own currency, after long importing Celtic coins from across the sea.

博物馆手上只有一个独一无二的收藏品。 ho积由933枚金币以及各种玻璃，皮革和可能的容器组成，所有这些都可以追溯到公元前60 - 20年，在这段时间内，英国的铁器时代部落在英国（Trinovantes and catuvellauni）中的铁器时代部落（他们是catuvellauni） - 在整个海中延长了自己的货币，在凯尔特（Castelic）造成了自己的货币。

Of the coins, 930 are Eastern British staters of the same design and value, though varying slightly in shape and size due to the striking and aging processes. In form, they are similar to the Eastern British coins in the Whaddon Chase hoard, found in 1849, which were produced in the Northern Thames region. The remaining three coins include an uninscribed Eastern British quarter stater, a Continental Gallo-Belgic E uniface stater, and an uninscribed East Anglian “Norfolk Wolf” gold stater.

在硬币中，有930个是英国的东部代表，具有相同的设计和价值，尽管由于醒目和衰老的过程，形状和大小略有变化。在形式上，它们类似于1849年在泰晤士河北部地区生产的沃登大战中的东部英国硬币。其余的三枚硬币包括一个未铭刻的东部英国街区，大陆Gallo-Belgic E Uniface Stater和一个未铭刻的东英吉利“诺福克狼” Gold Stater。

The coin trove could hold clues to a clash between the neighboring Trinovantes and Catuvellauni groups, about which little is known.

硬币的trove可以将线索持有相邻的三位一体和猫透明群组之间的冲突，这一点鲜为人知。

As most of the gold coins were struck in a region linked to the Catuvellauni, they were most likely being paid as tribute to the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar following his conquest of Eastern Britain, the museum explained. But the fact that they were unearthed in what is considered Trinovantian land to the east “may indicate movement or influence from western tribal groups into the east, potentially aligning with accounts of upheaval during Caesar’s second invasion of Britain in 54 B.C.E.,” said Claire Willetts, curator at the Museum of Chelmsford.

博物馆解释说，由于大多数金币都在与Catuvellauni相关的地区被击中，因此在他征服了东部英国后，他们很可能会向罗马皇帝朱利叶斯·凯撒（Julius Caesar）致敬。但是，他们在被认为是东方的特里凡尼亚土地上发掘出来的事实“可能表明西方部落群体向东方的运动或影响，可能与公元前54年凯撒第二次入侵英国时对动荡的说法保持一致。”

“While these events were recorded in Roman sources, until now there has been little archaeological evidence to support them, making the Great Baddow Hoard a significant find for our understanding of eastern Britain in the late Iron Age.”

“尽管这些事件是在罗马消息来源记录的，但到目前为止，几乎没有考古证据可以支持它们，这使得巨大的Baddow Hoard成为我们对铁器时代后期英国的理解的重要发现。”

In 2020, more than 2,000 years after it was buried, the hoard was discovered by metal detectorist Shane Wood on private land in Grand Baddow. He did not have permission to detect on those grounds and also failed to report the discovery under the U.K.’s Treasure Act 1996. (Wood and his partner, Kim Holman, were later found guilty and fined by magistrates for failing to declare treasure and keeping 23 coins worth up to £12,350, or $16,480.)

在2020年，在被埋葬的2，000多年后，金属侦探主义者Shane Wood在Grand Baddow的私人土地上发现了ho积。他没有允许根据这些理由进行检测，也没有根据1996年的《英国宝藏法》报告这一发现。

After notifying the landowner about the discovery, as required by law, Wood presented the hoard to the Essex Finds Liaison Officer. It was then catalogued at the British Museum, where it was confirmed to be treasure. A reward of £180,030 ($240,290) for the find was paid to the landowner rather than to Wood due to his actions, the museum said over email.

根据法律要求，在通知土地所有者有关该发现的信息之后，伍德向埃塞克斯（Essex）提出了ho​​积后，发现了联络官。然后在大英博物馆（大英博物馆）进行了分类，并被确认为宝藏。博物馆通过电子邮件说，该发现的奖励是180,030英镑（240,290美元）的奖励是向土地所有者支付的，而不是由于他的行动而不是木材。

The new acquisition will be the subject of further research by the museum, which is also planning programs to connect local visitors with the city’s ancient past. The collection will go on display at the museum in the spring of 2026.

新的收购将是博物馆进一步研究的主题，该博物馆还计划将当地游客与城市的古老过去联系起来。该系列将于2026年春季在博物馆展出。

“By displaying the hoard in its entirety at a local museum, local audiences have a valuable opportunity to engage with part of their history,” said Lori Rogerson, Finds Liaison Officer for Essex. “Visitors seeing the hoard at the Museum of Chelmsford will be in awe at its size and gold content and they’ll be led to ask questions such as ‘who owned such a large stash of precious coins?’ and ‘why was it put in the ground, never to be returned to?'”

埃塞克斯（Essex）的联络官洛里·罗格森（Lori Rogerson）说：“通过在当地的博物馆中完整展示ho积，当地观众有一个宝贵的机会与他们的一部分历史互动。” “游客在切尔姆斯福德博物馆看到ho积会以其大小和金色的内容感到敬畏，他们会提出诸如“谁拥有如此庞大的珍贵硬币？”之类的问题吗？和“为什么它放在地面上，永远不要返回？”