PUBLIC-CD79E9: PUBLIC-CD79E9 Tudor lead-alloy button

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BUTTON

Unique ID: PUBLIC-CD79E9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Decorated lead alloy button, domed front with an embossed cross-hatched Maltese cross design around a small central pellet, flat reverse with a broken protrusion where the loop would have been. Probably Tudor in date, c1500 - 1600

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 14.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th October 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: South Derbyshire (District)
To be known as: Catton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting
Current location: With finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

References cited

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Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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