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BUTTON
Unique ID: NMS-C2DC25
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval copper alloy button comprising a flat head engraved with an elaborate sexfoil, and an integral drilled loop. Cf. Read 2005, nos. 120-2. The loop is most similar to that of no. 122. Length 8.6mm. Diameter 14.5mm. 17th - early 18th century.
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 1720
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.6 mm
Diameter: 14.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Monday 12th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 40016
Other reference: SB022017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Narford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7713
Four figure Latitude: 52.68576853
Four figure longitude: 0.61720198
1:25K map: TF7713
1:10K map: TF71SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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