稀有的罗马黄金硬币在被金属探测者发掘出来后在拍卖会上获取数千枚

罗恩·沃尔特斯（Ron Walters）在西米德兰兹（West Midlands）附近的达德利（Dudley）附近的同一个农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.

一枚黄金罗马硬币，据信是英国有史以来第一个同类的硬币，在被虔诚的金属侦探主义者发掘出来后，在拍卖会上拍卖了数千枚。

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.

罗恩·沃尔特斯（Ron Walters）在搜寻西米德兰兹（West Midlands）的达德利（Dudley）附近的同一个农民田地之后，终于赚了黄金，每年春天和秋季都没有播种。

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.

退休的焊工说，他偶然发现了稀有的罗马硬币，该硬币的历史可以追溯到69AD，那天他几乎要待在家里。

“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.

这位76岁的祖父说：“我打算去一个星期四决定反对。是我妻子基本上告诉我'bugger掉了房子介绍一下'。”

“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.

“我很高兴自己做到了。我出去了几个小时，然后拿起一个信号。我开始挖掘一些，但后来我丢失了信号。

“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.”

“我设法从距离我约2英尺的地球块中再次获得了读物，我打开了它，然后把硬币掉进了手中。”

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

据信，这是第一个在不列颠群岛中被记录为有史以来发现的金Vitellius皇帝的金果石。

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

“我的心在赛车，我只是把它弹出在口袋里，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.

“在金属探测圈子中，罗马硬币可能是您能找到的最好的东西之一，即或古老的英国黄金。

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

“我只能想象一个士兵可能通过法国旅行。”

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.

这位1,955年历史的硬币本周被菲尔德斯拍卖师拍卖，并获得了6,000美元，金斯温福德男子将与该田地的土地所有者分开。

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

菲尔丁斯高级硬币专家马克·汉纳姆（Mark Hannam）表示，这枚硬币是一个真正令人惊叹的发现，也是“罗马历史上独特的一年”。

“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.

“从69AD中找到一枚硬币非常罕见，因为我们在这个国家发现的大多数硬币都是来自第三和第四世纪的，我们正在谈论黄金处于最纯净水平的时代。

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继续挖掘：•野外老年女士发现金属探测器专业人士说是空的第七剑剑•尽管金属探测器有故障，但寻宝者却发现了在英格兰发现的最大的金矿

“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.”

“这一事实是，这一事实已经逃脱了1,900多年的地面耕作，而且硬币仍然处于良好状态。”