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BUTTON
Unique ID: PUBLIC-22E486
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-Medieval, cast lead-alloy button,
The button is circular in plan, slightly domed on the front and slightly concave on the back. There is a distinct casting seam running across the back of the button and along the loop. The upper surface has a cast relief decoration. A pellet marks the centre of the head and this is surrounded by two, concentric circles of inwardly-facing crescents creating a scale-like or petal-like effect. An integral loop extends from the centre of the back of the button.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.41 mm
Weight: 3.78 g
Diameter: 17.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: South Somercotes (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4393
Four figure Latitude: 53.41443125
Four figure longitude: 0.1500926
1:25K map: TF4393
1:10K map: TF49SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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