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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-0D6456
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy.
Button front. Cast concavo-convex front from a composite button, retaining possible whitish fixative within. The display face bears a raised circumferential rib close to its edge, and a central nipple. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850.
Diameter: 15.3mm, Height: 5.5mm, Thickness: 1.7mm, Weight: 1.60gms.
Class: composite
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 5.5 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Diameter: 15.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd October 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM17303
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Market Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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