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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-3B93AD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Three piece composite plano-convex button comprising a die stamped front bearing the Royal Arms; a back plate with indistinct maker's details; and a drawn wire loop passed into the latter. Darkened by treatment with oil by the finder. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 23.9mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 7.2mm, Weight: 4.91gms
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
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 4.91 g
Diameter: 23.9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36639
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Kelstern
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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