罕见的7世纪金币描绘了在英国领域发现的跳舞人

一位金属探测者在英国领域发现了七世纪的稀有金币。硬币是有史以来第一个同类的席位，包括对男人跳舞的描绘。

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.

一位金属探测者在英国领域找到了七世纪的稀有金币。小硬币不超过指甲，在秋天被发现，并已由诺福克历史悠久环境服务的硬币专家阿德里安·马斯登（Adrian Marsden）确定。

>Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:

>这是您阅读此故事时所学的内容：

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

>一位金属探测者在英国领域发现了七世纪的稀有金先令。

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

>硬币是有史以来第一个同类杂物，包括对男人跳舞的描绘。

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

>新发现的先令测试约为60％的黄金含量。

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.

装饰经过装饰的架子是一系列七世纪硬币的一部分，这些硬币已在同一地区出现，该区域位于该区域，该区域中产生了其他七世纪硬币。

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.

马斯登在搜索者的一篇文章中写道，硬币是有史以来第一个。他写道：“这是一种全新的类型，无疑是英语和东英吉利人。”他补充说，这很可能是从公元七世纪开始的，可能是公元640年至660年之间的，当时东英吉利亚王国的创始人正在向这片土地介绍基督教。

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.

在同一区域的一系列跪下先令之后，该架子是图案化的。这个设计在狭小的空间中挤满了大量的设计。

“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, 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。相互链接的三角形更为称为女武器，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 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.

对硬币的纯度进行了测试，所有结果都以超过56％至60％的金色将其与现代结婚戒指相符，这使硬币具有纯净外观，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。”