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BUTTON
Unique ID: NARC-A385C2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete tin alloy Button of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1200-1600). The object is a globular button, of composite form, and is bi-convex with a central separate wire loop projecting from the back of the object.
Height: 9.95mm, Diameter: 10.58mm, Weight: 3.4g
The metal is grey in colour due to polished tin surface or high tin content.
Similar buttons have been found in archaeological contexts dated to the 13th and 14th centuries, although this style did continue into at least the early post-medieval period (Read 2010, 26-7).
Read, B. 2010. Metal buttons: c. 900 BC-c. AD 1700. Portcullis Publishing.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.95 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 10.58 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Somerton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5028
Four figure Latitude: 51.9482558
Four figure longitude: -1.27393743
1:25K map: SP5028
1:10K map: SP52NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 26-7 |
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