羅馬西班牙發掘的最早已知硬幣模具

LaBrújulaVerde報導說，Jaén大學的研究人員在現代Porcuna的Ibero-Roman鎮Obulco揭示了最早的斯通硬幣模具。

The earliest known stone coin mold from the Roman province of Hispania has been unearthed at the Ibero-Roman town of Obulco, La Brújula Verde reports.

拉布魯朱拉·韋爾德（LaBrújulaVerde）報導說，來自羅馬省西班牙省最早的石幣黴菌已在伊貝羅 - 羅馬小鎮奧布爾科（LaBrújulaVerde）據報導。

Many coin mints emerged in Iberia during the second and first century b.c., but while archaeologists have excavated large numbers of coins, they have uncovered little evidence of the workshops where they were made. The object, which is one half of a bivalve mold used to produce coin blanks, measures about four inches in length. X-ray fluorescence spectrometry of the mold revealed the presence of a binary copper-lead alloy in its metallic impressions, which is consistent with the compositions previously identified in coins from Obulco.

在公元前第二和一世紀，伊比利亞出現了許多硬幣薄荷糖，但儘管考古學家已經發掘了大量的硬幣，但他們幾乎沒有發現他們在哪裡進行研討會的證據。該物體是用於生產硬幣毛坯的雙殼類模具的一半，其長度約為四英寸。黴菌的X射線熒光光譜法揭示了其金屬印像中存在二進制銅鉛合金，這與先前在Obulco的硬幣中鑑定出的組成一致。

Experts determined that the mold was used in the production of bronze coins dated to between 189 and 165 b.c., when the city of Obulco issued its first coins.

專家確定，該模具用於生產至公元前189年至165年的青銅硬幣，當時奧布爾科市發行了第一枚硬幣。

“This discovery is especially relevant because it offers valuable information about the organization and location of minting establishments in Hispania during the Roman Republican period,” the researchers said in a statement.

研究人員在一份聲明中說：“這一發現尤其重要，因為它提供了有關羅馬共和黨時期鑄造機構的組織和位置的寶貴信息。”

On the Mediterranean coast of Spain, about 55 miles east of Seville, lies the small town of Porcuna. At its northern edge, a sprawling archaeological site is still yielding insights into the history of Obulco, an important Ibero-Roman town that was founded in the fifth century b.c. and abandoned in the eighth century a.d. Among the artifacts uncovered at Obulco are the earliest known coins from the Iberian Peninsula.

在西班牙的地中海海岸，位於塞維利亞以東約55英里處，位於小鎮的小鎮。在其北部邊緣，一個龐大的考古遺址仍在洞悉Obulco的歷史，Obulco是一個重要的Ibero-Roman鎮，該小鎮成立於公元前五世紀，並在公元八世紀被遺棄在Obulco發現的文物中，這是伊比利亞Peninsula的最早已知硬幣。