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BUTTON
Unique ID: YORYM-B3BC24
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete medieval or post-medieval cast one-piece copper-alloy button with integral undrilled shank, dating to c.1400 -1700 AD. The button has a flat bottom surface and a convex outer surface with a small knop positioned just off centre. The button has a matt green-brown patina due to corrosion of the copper-alloy. The simplicity of the design means that it is difficult to assign a more precise date to this button. The dimensions are: 14.83mm in length, 11.40mm in diameter and 7.35mm in maximum thickness, with a weight of 3.64g.
Similar buttons dating to the late medieval period can be seen in Dress Accessories, p. 274. A close parallel from the database and dating to the post-medieval period is HAMP-0B9FC7.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.83 mm
Thickness: 7.35 mm
Weight: 3.64 g
Diameter: 11.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05512
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Pocklington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8050
Four figure Latitude: 53.93994097
Four figure longitude: -0.78279787
1:25K map: SE8050
1:10K map: SE85SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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