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BUTTON
Unique ID: BUC-1762A4
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy disc, with shallow milled decoration on one face, possibly a Post Medieval-Modern button. The object comprises a disc of copper alloy with one decorated face. The decoration runs around the edge of the flan and is largely illegible, being possibly writing or ropework, it is difficult to determine which. The reverse of the disc is undecorated.
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 13 mm
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 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.67 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 28th August 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 5206
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Milled
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Chiltern (District)
Parish or ward: Amersham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU9896
Four figure Latitude: 51.65425724
Four figure longitude: -0.58477423
1:25K map: SU9896
1:10K map: SU99NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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