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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-13AEA4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Hollow composite button of two joined hemispheres, one retaining the stub of a wire loop. The front hemisphere is lightly crushed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850.
Diameter: 17.1mm, Height (including loop and damage): 17.5mm, Weight: 1.84gms.
Class: Hollow composite
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 17.5 mm
Weight: 1.84 g
Diameter: 17.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19484a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9418
Four figure Latitude: 53.650066
Four figure longitude: -0.579344
1:25K map: SE9418
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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