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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-BBF3AE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy buttons. Four flat discoid buttons. Three have plain fronts, the fourth has a slightly concave front with a slightly protruding centre with a textured surface; all have convex backs retaining the remnants of drawn wire loops. One also has part of a supplementary loop. The plain buttons all have traces of white metal plating. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Combined Weight: 16.14gms
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: 4
Weight: 16.14 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36593
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Manton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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