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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-89DDEA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy button. Cast plano-convex button with a plain smooth front retaining traces of white metal plating. The back has an inner circle of closely spaced strokes moulded in low relief around two holes where a separate wire shank has been lost; a partial legend outside this circle reads: [--]LOWE [-] AD Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1750.
Diameter: 16.4mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 5.17gms.
Inscription:
[--]LOWE [-] AD
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 5.17 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30350
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)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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