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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-91472E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval lead alloy button with the stump of a non-drilled loop on the reverse. The head, of plano-convex cross-section, carries relief decoration stylistically close to that on Read 2010, no. 330, but with a smaller central boss and with a quatrefoil rather than a sexfoil, and four rather than six bosses in the angles. Diameter 24mm. Thickness, excluding stump of loop, 5mm. 17th century.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2021 - Friday 1st October 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58416
Other reference: SBJB102021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7418
Four figure Latitude: 52.73164221
Four figure longitude: 0.57551146
1:25K map: TF7418
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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