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BUTTON
Unique ID: IOW-4FC674
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy button (1450-1600).
This button has a domed (pyramidal) head, lozengiform in plan. There appears to be no decoration on the head. The underside is flat and has sub-rectangular drilled shank with an aperture for attachment. The hols has a diameter of 2.6mm.
The button is corroded and has a patchy mid-green patina.
Height: 15.5mm; width of head: 10.3mm; thickness of head: 9.1mm; height of head: 6.5mm; maximum thickness of shank: 1.9mm. Weight: 2.93g.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1450
Date to: Exactly AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 15.5 mm
Width: 10.3 mm
Thickness: 9.1 mm
Weight: 2.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd October 2016 - Sunday 2nd October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-2-251
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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