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Description: | Cast copper-alloy button. Medieval or post-medieval. Mass: 1.9g; diameter: 17.2mm; depth: 10.2mm. Circular in plan, with a concave front and a convex reverse with a shank in the centre. The front of the button is decorated. There is a recessed circular border within the outer edge and a square of engraved zig-zags over straight grooves stretching to the edges, with further zig-zag and grooved lines radiating out from the recessed centre. The reverse of the button is undecorated. The button has a well developed green patina, with a dull light green substance visible in patches, in which there are traces of a white metal. The button has lost some material from its circumference. Broadly similar buttons are included in chapter 7 ("Medieval Buttons") and chapter 8 ("Post-Medieval Buttons") of: "Metal buttons c.900B.C.- c.A.D.1700", Read, 2005.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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