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BUTTON
Unique ID: LON-A0624E
Object type certainty: Certain
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Complete post medieval lead button. Hemispherical discoidal button with an integrally cast loop on the reverse, which is flat. Running across the back of it is a mould line and there is a scar on the loop where the casting sprue would have been attached. Similar to Read 2005 No.252.
Diameter: 11.24mm
Height: 9.82mm
Weight: 2.64g
Ref:Read, B. 2005. Metal Buttons C.900BC - AD1700. Portcullis Publishing, Langport, Somerset.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.82 mm
Weight: 2.64 g
Diameter: 11.24 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
Parish or ward: Dowgate (London Borough Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3280
Four figure Latitude: 51.5035277
Four figure longitude: -0.09955492
1:25K map: TQ3280
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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