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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-1D90FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button with an integral drilled loop: a biconical, hollow openwork head with a small central nipple between six triangular perforations on the front face, and with six perforations on the rear face (of which three remain blocked through incomplete fettling). Comparable with Baart et al. 1977, 185, no. 235, Margeson 1993, 20-2, fig. 11 no. 102 and Read 2005, 30, no. 93. Diameter 11mm. Length 17mm. 16th century.
Field ASH2
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: 17 mm
Diameter: 11 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2016 - Thursday 31st March 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 23806
Other reference: SET032016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1397
Four figure Latitude: 52.52920487
Four figure longitude: 1.13871322
1:25K map: TM1397
1:10K map: TM19NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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