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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-CDDEBB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button fragment. Pressed metal concavo-convex front from a composite uniform button. The front depicts an anchor within a cabled rim and against a finely horizontally lined field. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 16.4mm, Height: 5.6mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 0.98gms
Class: Uniform
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 5.6 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th July 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33844
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9316
Four figure Latitude: 53.63227329
Four figure longitude: -0.59506575
1:25K map: SE9316
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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