稀有的羅馬黃金硬幣在被金屬探測者發掘出來後在拍賣會上獲取數千枚

羅恩·沃爾特斯（Ron Walters）在西米德蘭茲（West Midlands）附近的達德利（Dudley）附近的同一個農民田地搜索了六年的搜索金

A gold Roman coin, believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain, has fetched thousands at auction after being unearthed by a devoted metal detectorist.

一枚黃金羅馬硬幣，據信是英國有史以來第一個同類的硬幣，在被虔誠的金屬偵探主義者發掘出來後，在拍賣會上拍賣了數千枚。

Ron Walters finally struck gold after six years of searching the same farmer’s field near Dudley, West Midlands, every spring and autumn when the crops weren’t sown.

羅恩·沃爾特斯（Ron Walters）在搜尋西米德蘭茲（West Midlands）的達德利（Dudley）附近的同一個農民田地之後，終於賺了黃金，每年春天和秋季都沒有播種。

The retired welder said he stumbled across the rare Roman coin, which dates back to 69AD, on a day when he was almost going to stay home.

退休的焊工說，他偶然發現了稀有的羅馬硬幣，該硬幣的歷史可以追溯到69AD，那天他幾乎要待在家裡。

“I was going to go one Thursday and decided against it. It was my wife who basically told me to ‘bugger off and get out the house for a bit’,” said the 76-year-old grandfather.

這位76歲的祖父說：“我打算去一個星期四決定反對。是我妻子基本上告訴我'bugger掉了房子介紹一下'。”

“I was glad I did. I was out for a couple of hours and I picked a signal up. I started digging a bit, but then I lost the signal.

“我很高興自己做到了。我出去了幾個小時，然後拿起一個信號。我開始挖掘一些，但後來我丟失了信號。

“I managed to get this reading again from a clod of earth about 2ft away from me, I broke it open and then this coin dropped into my hand.”

“我設法從距離我約2英尺的地球塊中再次獲得了讀物，我打開了它，然後把硬幣掉進了手中。”

It is believed to be the first gold aureus of emperor Aulus Vitellius to ever be recorded as a find in the British Isles.

據信，這是第一個在不列顛群島中被記錄為有史以來發現的金Vitellius皇帝的金果石。

“My heart was racing, I just popped it in my pocket and went straight back home.

“我的心在賽車，我只是把它彈出在口袋裡，直接回到家。

“In metal detecting circles a Roman coin is probably among the best things you can find—that or Ancient English gold.

“在金屬探測圈子中，羅馬硬幣可能是您能找到的最好的東西之一，即或古老的英國黃金。

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“I can only imagine a soldier travelled with it, possibly via France.”

“我只能想像一個士兵可能通過法國旅行。”

The 1,955-year-old coin was auctioned this week by Fieldings Auctioneers and fetched $6,000, which the Kingswinford man will split with the field’s landowner.

這位1,955年曆史的硬幣本週被菲爾德斯拍賣師拍賣，並獲得了6,000美元，金斯溫福德男子將與該田地的土地所有者分開。

Mark Hannam, senior coin specialist at Fieldings said the coin was a genuinely amazing find and “a unique piece of year of Roman history.”

菲爾丁斯高級硬幣專家馬克·漢納姆（Mark Hannam）表示，這枚硬幣是一個真正令人驚嘆的發現，也是“羅馬歷史上獨特的一年”。

“To find a coin from 69AD is incredibly rare, as most coins we find in this country are from the third and fourth centuries, and we are talking about a time when the gold was at its purest level.

“從69AD中找到一枚硬幣非常罕見，因為我們在這個國家發現的大多數硬幣都是來自第三和第四世紀的，我們正在談論黃金處於最純淨水平的時代。

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“The fact that this one has escaped ploughing in the ground for over 1,900 years and the coin is still in excellent condition is quite remarkable.”

“這一事實是，這一事實已經逃脫了1,900多年的地面耕作，而且硬幣仍然處於良好狀態。”