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BUTTON
Unique ID: SUSS-3D50D6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy button. The button is discoidal with a convex front face. There is crude hand incused design on its upper surface whilst the back is dished and plain. The design on the front consists of three annulets at the centre arranged in a trefoil, this is surrounded by a circle made up of small triangular punches. Outside of this there is a crude seven pointed star which in turn is surrounded by a circle comprised of hemispherical punch marks. In the centre of the reverse there is the remains of a integral drilled loop. There is a similar button illustrated in Bailey; Buttons and Fasteners (2004) p35 No.8.23. which is dated to the 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.94 mm
Weight: 9.19 g
Diameter: 26.92 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 25th August 2008
Rally details.
This object was found at Firle Rally 5
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Alciston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4905
Four figure Latitude: 50.825373
Four figure longitude: 0.114162
1:25K map: TQ4905
1:10K map: TQ40NE
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 2004 | Buttons and Fasteners 500BC - AD1840 | Essex | Greenlight Publishing | 35 | 8.23 |
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