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BUTTON
Unique ID: BH-4C6874
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy button of probable Late Medieval to early post-Medieval date.
The solid-cast head of the button takes the form of a four-sided pyramid. The integrally cast loop extends backwards from the centre of the underside of the head, its straight sides flaring towards a rounded distal end, where there is a circular perforation.
Dimensions: 15.6mm long, 10mm wide (head). Weight: 2.78g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.6 mm
Width: 10 mm
Weight: 2.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/37 - 7
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hyde
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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