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BUTTON
Unique ID: SF8828
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1350
Date to: AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 1.53 g
Diameter: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st May 2002
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: HESSETT
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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