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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-1D99C3
Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy button. Domed head with the arms of the Commonwealth cast in relife on the front. Hollow-backed with broken integral drilled shank. Read (2005, 47, no. 168). Diameter 24.5mm.1653 - 1659
See Robinson (1999) for objects decorated with the Commonwealth arms.
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 1653
Date to: Circa AD 1659
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th September 2012 - Wednesday 26th September 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 56283
Other reference: IND26092012ED
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: North Tuddenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0414
Four figure Latitude: 52.685261
Four figure longitude: 1.016712
1:25K map: TG0414
1:10K map: TG01SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 47, no. 168 | ||
| Robinson, P. | 1999 | Some copper alloy objects from the West Country depicting the Arms of the Commonwealth |
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