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BUTTON
Unique ID: YORYM-557BE5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy button of post-medieval date. The button is circular in plan with a thin D-shaped section and is decorated on the upper surface with a raised central pellet and circumferential border from which eight raised arms radiate to the outer edge. A circular wire shank extends centrally from the reverse and appears to be cast integrally.
The metal has a dark blackish-brown patina and is worn. The button is 10.9mm in diameter, 4.1mm thick including shank and weighs 0.6g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 0.6 g
Diameter: 10.9 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Wombleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6684
Four figure Latitude: 54.24744
Four figure longitude: -0.988625
1:25K map: SE6684
1:10K map: SE68SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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