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BUTTON
Unique ID: BUC-C76F6C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead/tin alloy post medieval button dating from the c.17th century. The button head is discoidal in shape and domed, with a central pellet projecting slightly. On the reverse there is a circular looped shank, this has a light green patina suggesting it is copper alloy. It measures 12.6mm in diameter across the head, and 8.2mm in length. It weighs 2.85g.
C.f. Read 2005, page 81, number 337.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.2 mm
Weight: 2.85 g
Diameter: 12.6 mm
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: AYBCM 4791
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Thornton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7534
Four figure Latitude: 51.99938679
Four figure longitude: -0.90895213
1:25K map: SP7534
1:10K map: SP73SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2005 | Metal Buttons c. 900 BC - c. AD 1700 | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | page 81, | number 337. |
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