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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-129228
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy and copper alloy button fragment. Cast plano-convex discoid button with stubs of a drawn wire loop embedded in the back. Suggested date: Possibly Post-Medieval, 1600-1700
Diameter: 17mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 3.1mm, Weight: 3.88gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 3.88 g
Diameter: 17 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19978a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary 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: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9116
Four figure Latitude: 53.632624
Four figure longitude: -0.625301
1:25K map: SE9116
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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