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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-26E0DD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button fragment. Probably die stamped flat discoid button with a low boss on the back for a loop [lost]. An incised radial design with a right hand spiral originates from central concentric lathe made rings at the centre of the front. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850.
Diameter: 23.4mm, Thickness (clear of boss): 0.6mm, Weight: 2.45gms
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 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 2.45 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35575
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wheldrake
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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