This is the Mouselow / Melandra Disk

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This is the Disk found at Mouselow, Glossop, near Manchester UK
 The Disk is :
 Diameter 5"2/8=130mm
Main disk copper Thickness 1.80mm
 Gold on copper Thickness 3.10mm
Weight of all Disk 252grms
The main disk is copper with a small amount of tin , the gold is gold alloy Just under 18 carat gold how the gold was fixed to the copper is not clear. The gold symbols are Egyptian in origin especially the boat under the sun... In the year 1998 the disk was tested by Cookson PLC Birmingham, they Stated that the origin of the copper was Egypt, the Gold on the disk... Was tested by the Birmingham assay office they stated that the gold was North African, carthage, origin of the gold Ashanti mines, Ghana, West Africa, (qv) the disk was made in carthage by members of the Roman army as there division symbol. This division was moved to Portugal and then to Britain ending up in The Manchester Roman fort. The Melandra roman fort was a subdivision Of the Manchester roman fort.