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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-B5176B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Cast discoid plano-convex button with an integrally cast and drilled elongated oval loop. The front bears a central boss or nipple with eight bent rays arranged in a left hand spiral. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1500-1600
Diameter: 13.5mm, Height: 16mm, Weight: 3.30gms
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
Diameter: 13.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th October 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48674
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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