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STUD
Unique ID: PUBLIC-9E86B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post Medieval cast copper alloy square sectioned stud, decorated with an eight armed star with two pellets in each quadrant. The shank appears to terminate in an old break. The object has a patchy pale green patina.
Length 9.5mm. Diameter (max) 8.3mm. Weight 0.98g.
Similar recorded examples (from the same field) are SUR-9D4A18, SUR-9D4102, SUR-694136 and SUR-693986.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 9.5 mm
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 8.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 17-221
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Reigate and Banstead (District)
Parish or ward: Chipstead, Hooley and Woodmansterne (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2857
Four figure Latitude: 51.29774631
Four figure longitude: -0.16544339
1:25K map: TQ2857
1:10K map: TQ25NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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Object type: STUD
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A cast copper alloy square sectioned stud decorated with an eight armed star with two pellets in each quadrant.
Workflow: Awaiting validation
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