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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-7CB196
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button fragment. Pressed metal concavo-convex front from a composite button with a rim, indented edge and a stamped border design of juxtaposed crescents, and a central rayed disc on its flat display face. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1875.
Diameter: 16.1mm, Thickness (at rim): 1.1mm, Height: 3mm, Weight: 1.30gms.
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1875
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 3 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 16.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25202a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: near Bottesford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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