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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-E77053
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button with an integral drilled loop: biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple and engraved lines between six triangular perforations on the front face, and with six similar perforations on the rear face. Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no.235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no.102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11mm. Length 17.5mm. 16th century.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.5 mm
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st September 2013 - Monday 30th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 58945
Other reference: SET092013
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wymondham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1097
Four figure Latitude: 52.53036852
Four figure longitude: 1.09455645
1:25K map: TM1097
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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