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BUTTON
Unique ID: SUR-03DF05
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast lead alloy button with a broken integral loop. The button is decorated with a central cross with three pellets in each field (perhaps in imitation of a contemporary coin?). The exterior border is formed of closely-spaced radiating lines.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 9.22 g
Diameter: 24.88 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 13-1340
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO2924
Four figure Latitude: 51.90998949
Four figure longitude: -3.03354465
1:25K map: SO2924
1:10K map: SO22SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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