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BUTTON
Unique ID: LEIC-074296
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Late medieval lead alloy button, 5mm thick and 30mm in diameter with a weight of 28.87g.
The button is circular in form and D shaped in cross section, its flat reverse has a casting ridge with a flattened integral suspension loop. Its surface has a slight raised border and is covered in semi-spherical decoration, a large central one flanked by a circle of seven small ones, then a circle of seven larger ones interspersed with small ones in between.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 28.87 g
Diameter: 30 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Sedgebrook (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8438
Four figure Latitude: 52.9328407
Four figure longitude: -0.75172521
1:25K map: SK8438
1:10K map: SK83NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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