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Unique ID: SUSS-C87222
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval cast copper alloy button. The button has been cast in one piece and has a solid head; the front is hemispherical and the back is a convex dome. It has an integral loop with circular hole projecting from the centre of the back. The button is 13.2mm long, 9.5mm in diameter and weighs 2.44 grams. Read (2005) page 52, no.182 illustrates a similar button which he suggests dates from the mid 17th to mid-18th centurys.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.2 mm
Weight: 2.44 g
Diameter: 9.5 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1993 - Wednesday 31st December 2003
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Other reference: PS Box 2 95
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 52 | 182 |