Record ID: PUBLIC-70AC97 - POST MEDIEVAL button

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BUTTON

Unique ID: PUBLIC-70AC97

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of front back and side post medieval button

A complete cast copper-alloy post-Medieval button (c. 1600-c. 1700). The button was originally circular in plan. However, due to corrosion, some material has been lost around the edges. It is slightly convex at the front, and excepting the lug, is flat at the rear. It has an integral drilled lug (8.35 x 10.20 x 3.62mm) with a central circular hole, 4.31mm in diameter. The front is decorated with a concentric 'compass-drawn' circle and there is a small circular depression at the centre. This button has a shiny dark green patina with small areas of active corrosion. Diameter: 22.03mm; thickness: 11.47mm. Weight: 6.1g. The button is similar to one recorded from North Yorkshire. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: LVLP-DBCD82 and IOW-21CEA6.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 11.47 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Diameter: 22.03 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Kent
District: Ashford
To be known as: Tenterden

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2011

Personal details

Recorded by: Mr Alan CHARMAN - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Alan CHARMAN - [view all attributed records]

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