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BUTTON
Unique ID: YORYM-803AB4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast lead button of post-medieval to modern date. The button is discoidal with a flat back and convex front. The front face is decorated with a central incised circle from which radiate six raised lines resulting in the formation of six triangular cells. Each of these cells is decorated with numerous horizontal incised lines. The outer border of the button is marked by short vertical lines. The reverse of the button is undecorated and the remains of the shank can be seen though it has been lost due to old breaks.
The metal is a light grayish-brown colour and is worn. The button is 26.1mm in diameter, 5.5mm thick and weighs 13.9g.
A similar example can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as: SOMDOR-CA03A7.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 13.9 g
Diameter: 26.1 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Deighton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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