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Description: | A lead button of suggested 15th to 16th century AD date (G. Bailey, 1997, p. 38).
The object has been cast and has a circular head. The underside of this head is flat and plain, whilst the upper surface has deeply moulded decorated consisting of a raised cross within a circular border. This cross has a pellet at the centre and a series of smaller pellets along its four arms. The raised border slopes towards the outer edge and has faint lattice-work raised decoration plus eight equally-spaced pellets. The four quarters around the cross are recessed and each contains a raised triangle, which protrudes from the outer border and is decorated with a single pellet. The four recesses are gilt. At the centre of the reverse is a squashed shank and loop, plus a casting mark.
It measures 27.8mm in diameter by 12.4mm thick and weighs 19.04g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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