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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-90DCB8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button comprising a solid, plano-convex head decorated in relief with a clockwise eight-bladed impeller and a central nipple, and an integral drilled loop. Cf. Read 2005, no. 112. Diameter 12mm. Length 13.3mm. 16th century.
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: 12 mm
Width: 13.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th February 2015 - Wednesday 18th March 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 42806
Other reference: AHS032015
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: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Attleborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0393
Four figure Latitude: 52.4971091
Four figure longitude: 0.98907266
1:25K map: TM0393
1:10K map: TM09SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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