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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-A81F6D
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead/tin alloy and copper alloy button. Cast near-plano-convex button with a plain silvery front and the stub of a drawn copper alloy loop in the back. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Diameter: 12.0mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 5.5mm, Weight: 3.81gms
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 3.81 g
Diameter: 12 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34605
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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