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BUTTON
Unique ID: SWYOR-F18D56
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete lead alloy button, probably of late Medieval dating (about AD 1300 - 1500) and with evidence of repair.
The head of the button is circular, and slightly domed, with a flat back. The front has a central cross design in relief, created by four chevron shaped recesses. The arms of the cross terminate with a pellet, with further pellets round the outer edge in the angle of each chevron. The pellets are all very worn. There is a central rib left from the casting process on the reverse. Comparison with other examples suggest that this would have extended in the centre into an attachment loop. However, there is no sign of a loop, and instead, two large (2.8mm diameter) holes have been created through the button, displacing lead to the side on both faces. These holes impose on the design, suggesting they are a repair or reuse of a button that did not form properly when cast.
It has a diameter of 26.5mm, is 5.9mm thick and is 15.87g.
Similar lead alloy buttons have been recorded on the PAS database. Compare WMID-CAE4DF which cites DENO-6AA855 and WAW-7ECF06. They are considered to be late Medieval in dating (14th to 15th Centuries AD).
Notes:
Ref.210
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 15.87 g
Diameter: 26.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 28th October 2017 - Saturday 28th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3035
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Epworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7703
Four figure Latitude: 53.51804389
Four figure longitude: -0.84016941
1:25K map: SE7703
1:10K map: SE70SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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