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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-F72135
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button fragment. Probably die stamped concavo-convex button front with vegetal motif on its front and a back stamp comprising a crown imperial and the legend: EXTRA SUPERFINE around a scar where a separate loop has been lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 21.5mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 5.06gms
Inscription:
EXTRA SUPERFINE
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: 2 mm
Weight: 5.06 g
Diameter: 21.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37501
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
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: Low Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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