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BUTTON
Unique ID: SF-56C2F3
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper-alloy button of Post-Medieval date. It has a solid, undecorated biconvex head with integral suspension loop at the centre of the back face that is oval shaped with oval aperture. The button measures 10.85mm in diameter, 15.88mm in height, and weighs 3.60g. Similar examples from Medieval London suggest a date in the 16th or 17th centuries AD for the current button (Egan, 2005: pp. 48-49).
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 15.88 mm
Weight: 3.6 g
Diameter: 10.85 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Blythburgh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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