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BUTTON
Unique ID: NLM-8AFD8C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy button. Discoid die-stamped button front, almost flat, with a central scar on the back where a separate loop has been lost. The front bears a lightly embossed centre with surrounding ring of pellets in a shallow gutter, and with an outer order of interlinked oval figures, possibly against a red-tinted field. The position of the loop is surrounded by a cabled ring. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1825-1875
Diameter: 23.1mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 4.96gms
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 1825
Date to: Circa AD 1875
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Weight: 4.96 g
Diameter: 23.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 31st March 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM42773
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
To be known as: Thirkleby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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