德国黑森林出土的中世纪钱币宝库价值相当于“150只羊”

钱币宝藏包括 1,500 多枚硬币，大部分是 1320 年左右在当今的德国、瑞士和法国铸造的。

Workers laying down pipe near a swimming pool in Glottertal, Germany recently made an incredible discovery when one of them noticed a glint of silver in the mud. Upon further investigation, the team realized they’d stumbled upon a hoard of medieval coins, forgotten in the muck for centuries.

德国格洛特塔尔的一个游泳池附近正在铺设管道的工人们最近有了一个令人难以置信的发现，其中一人注意到泥浆中闪烁着银色的光芒。经过进一步调查，研究小组意识到他们偶然发现了一堆中世纪硬币，这些硬币被遗忘在泥土中几个世纪了。

The collection of coins offers a tantalizing look at the history of trade and mining in the region, but many questions about the treasure hoard still remain.

这些钱币收藏让我们得以一睹该地区贸易和采矿的历史，但有关宝藏的许多问题仍然存在。

‘Small Metal Plates In The Mud’

“泥里的小金属板”

According to a statement from the Stuttgart Regional Council, the story of the coin hoard began in May 2024, when workers set out to lay pipes in Glottertal. They were accompanied by Claus Völker, a Glottertal citizen who was hired by the State Office for Monument Preservation (LAD) to assist them.

根据斯图加特地区委员会的一份声明，硬币囤积的故事始于 2024 年 5 月，当时工人们开始在格洛特塔尔铺设管道。陪同他们的还有格洛特塔尔公民克劳斯·沃尔克 (Claus Völker)，他受雇于国家纪念碑保护办公室 (LAD) 来协助他们。

During the project, Völker noticed a glint of silver in the dirt that looked like “small metal plates.” Upon further investigation, he and the workers uncovered a sprawling hoard of silver coins.

在该项目期间，沃尔克注意到泥土中闪烁着银色的光芒，看起来就像“小金属板”。经过进一步调查，他和工人们发现了一大堆银币。

State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional CouncilThe coins had been buried in the mud for centuries before they were uncovered by workers laying pipe.

斯图加特地区委员会国家纪念碑保护办公室这些硬币在被铺设管道的工人发现之前已经埋在泥土中几个世纪了。

Völker reported the find to LAD, which sent out experts to investigate. Some 1,000 coins were discovered at the site that day, and LAD swiftly enlisted metal detectorists to search the surrounding area for more coins.

沃尔克向 LAD 报告了这一发现，LAD 派出专家进行调查。当天，现场发现了约 1,000 枚硬币，LAD 迅速召集金属探测器在周边地区搜寻更多硬币。

“Despite sometimes adverse conditions — the rain turned the waste into knee-deep mud — the commissioners did not let themselves be deterred,” the Stuttgart Regional Council remarked in their statement. “Their persistence was rewarded with the discovery of around 600 more coins.”

斯图加特地区委员会在声明中表示，“尽管有时情况很不利——雨水将废物变成齐膝深的泥浆——但委员们并没有被吓倒。” “他们的坚持得到了回报，又发现了大约 600 枚硬币。”

After recovering the coin hoard from the mud, experts set out to determine when and where the coins had been minted.

从泥浆中回收硬币宝藏后，专家们开始确定硬币的铸造时间和地点。

Uncover The Latest History News On All That's Interesting

发现所有有趣的最新历史新闻

Medieval Coins Worth The Value Of ‘150 Sheep’

价值“150只羊”的中世纪硬币

Once the coins had been thoroughly cleaned, experts took a closer look — and were able to determine where and when most of the coins had been produced. They found that the coins were minted some 700 years ago and mostly came from cities in Germany, Switzerland, and France.

硬币彻底清洁后，专家们进行了仔细观察，并确定了大部分硬币的生产地点和时间。他们发现这些硬币是大约 700 年前铸造的，大部分来自德国、瑞士和法国的城市。

State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional CouncilOne of the nearly 1,600 coins that were recovered from Glottertal, Germany.

斯图加特地区委员会国家纪念碑保护办公室从德国格洛特塔尔发现的近 1,600 枚硬币之一。

“These are mainly coins from the Breisach, Zofingen and Freiburg mints, which were minted around 1320,” Andreas Haasis-Berner, an LAD archaeologist, explained in the statement. “There are also a few coins from Basel, St. Gallen, Zurich, Laufenburg, and Colmar.”

LAD 考古学家安德烈亚斯·哈西斯-伯纳 (Andreas Haasis-Berner) 在声明中解释道：“这些硬币主要来自布莱萨赫、佐芬根和弗莱堡铸币厂，均于 1320 年左右铸造。” “还有一些来自巴塞尔、圣加仑、苏黎世、劳芬堡和科尔马的硬币。”

The coins, Haasis-Berner noted, could have purchased “about 150 sheep” at the time. But the coins are more historically valuable than that.

哈西斯-伯纳指出，这些硬币当时可以购买“大约 150 只羊”。但这些硬币的历史价值远不止于此。

“The evaluation of this coin hoard will enable us to make statements about the circulation of coins in Breisgau, the minting activity in the mints, the silver trade, but also the mining in Glottertal,” Haasis-Berner explained.

“对这些钱币宝藏的评估将使我们能够对布赖斯高的硬币流通、铸币厂的铸造活动、白银贸易以及格洛特塔尔的采矿情况做出陈述，”哈西斯-伯纳解释道。

Pischdi/Wikimedia CommonsThough many questions about the medieval coin hoard still remain, they perhaps speak to the region’s history as a center for silver miners.

尽管有关中世纪钱币囤积的许多问题仍然存在，但它们或许说明了该地区作为银矿开采中心的历史。

That said, many questions about the coin hoard still remain. Who did the coins belong to? And why were they buried in the mud in Glottertal? During the Middle Ages, miners who worked in the region’s silver mines lived nearby, on the edge of the Black Forest. Perhaps one of them left the coins behind.

尽管如此，关于硬币囤积的许多问题仍然存在。这些硬币属于谁？为什么他们被埋在格洛特塔尔的泥土里？中世纪期间，在该地区银矿工作的矿工住在附近的黑森林边缘。也许其中一个人留下了硬币。

For now, the coin hoard found in Glottertal stands as something of a mystery — and a reminder to take a close look when digging through the mud.

目前，在格洛特塔尔发现的硬币宝库仍然是一个谜，并提醒人们在挖掘泥浆时要仔细观察。