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BUTTON
Unique ID: SF-3D4C79
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A worn and complete cast copper-alloy circular button of Post-Medieval date.
The head is D-shaped in section with a flat back face. In the centre of the front face is a raised circular boss with a circular knop at its centre. Radiating from the boss are transverse grooves. In the centre of the back face is an integral large perforated lug.
This button measures 13.64mm in diameter, 6.54mm in thickness 15.70mm in total length (including lug), 3.29g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (LEIC-B2C180).
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: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 6.54 mm
Weight: 3.29 g
Diameter: 13.64 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Brome and Oakley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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