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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-B3C99F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and iron button fragment. Cast gently plano-convex solid front with a doubly ridged rim and a central pellet, and with the stubs of an embedded iron loop protruding from the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1700.
Diameter: 15.1mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 3mm, Weight: 2.17gms.
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 2.17 g
Diameter: 15.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31568
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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