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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-03DEF9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead button. Cast plano-convex discoid button with the stub of an integrally cast loop. The front bears a relief cruciform design of four radiating oval arms with a central boss and a boss or pellet in each angle. A mould line appears on the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Diameter: 16.1mm, Thickness (clear of loop but including boss): 5.4mm, Weight: 5.23gms.
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: 5.4 mm
Weight: 5.23 g
Diameter: 16.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28216
Materials and construction
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: SE9214
Four figure Latitude: 53.6144786
Four figure longitude: -0.61077376
1:25K map: SE9214
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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