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BUTTON
Unique ID: YORYM-818B57
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast lead button of post-medieval date. The button is circular with a convex front and flat back. The front face of the button is decorated with a raised female figure facing left with one hand resting on her hip and the other arm is raised holding an indistinct feature. The surrounding field is filled with raised pellets and a figure of eight to either side of the figure.
The reverse of the button is flat and undecorated with a prominent casting flash along the centre from which the remains of an integrally cast looped shank projects.
The metal is a mid greyish-brown colour and is worn. The button is 23.8mm in diameter, 9.3mm thick and weighs 12.8g.
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: 9.3 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
Diameter: 23.8 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barmston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1459
Four figure Latitude: 54.01443095
Four figure longitude: -0.26171525
1:25K map: TA1459
1:10K map: TA15NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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