位于诺里奇附近的黄金先令可能只是一个大小的指甲，但它充满了历史

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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.

一位在英格兰诺里奇（Norwich）附近工作的金属探测者最近发掘出了一种小的黄金先令，可能不比指甲大，但它仍然充满了很多历史，并且有一些独特的设计。

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.

秋天发现的小硬币导致诺福克历史环境服务的硬币专家阿德里安·马斯登（Adrian Marsden）思考着标记硬币的独特标志，他在搜索者的一篇文章中发表了自己的观点。

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.

正如硬币专家所指出的那样，硬币是有史以来第一个。马斯登在文章中写道：“这是一种全新的类型，无疑是英语和东安格利安。”装饰经过装饰的Schilling位于已经产生了其他七世纪硬币的地区，与他以前见过的一系列先令有关。但是，这仍然是自己的课程，部分原因是设计在一个小空间中包装了很多。

“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.

马斯登（Marsden）写道：“这个人的正面有一个男人，头大，头顶表演，表现出夹具，双腿交叉时，将十字架放在他的左手伸出的十字架上，这是一个由三个互锁的三角形组成的奇特设计。”

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.

他说，十字架的基督教元素是显而易见的，灵感来自已故罗马帝国基督教皇帝的标准描述。他说，相互联系的三角形是一个夫妻，这是一种具有不确定含义的异教设计。他们可能与斯堪的纳维亚神奥丁有联系，后者将死者带到了来世，但是专家称其为“猜测”，因为没有人完全确定女武器 - 这个词是一个现代的复合，意为在战斗中落入战斗的人，这是符合人的作品。

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.

另一侧包括一个被小颗粒边界所包围的横切设计。马斯登说，象征主义围绕象征主义的问题表明了使用异教和基督教形象的时期。独特的设计可能是十字架甚至swastika的一种形式，当时这可能是一个好运的象征。硬币也尝试了拉丁风格的铭文，马斯登说，这确实没有任何语言。

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.

对硬币的纯度进行了测试，所有结果都以56％至60％的金色将其与现代的结婚戒指相符，这使硬币具有纯净的外观，在七世纪可能很少见。

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

根据《国家更新的宝藏法》，硬币可能会在博物馆（可能是诺里奇城堡博物馆）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.”

马斯登（Marsden）对出处说：“我认为这种先令确实站在东英吉利皇家造币的头上，因为王国成为基督徒 - 摆脱了小猫，并保留了十字架。” “新硬币跨越了两个时代，异教徒和基督徒。”