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Description: | A cast copper-alloy button; solid hemi-spherical head. The head has a slight knop atthe apex. The reverse has a broken surface where the integral loop has since broken off. The surface hs a well developed mid green shiny patina. The button is in fair condition. It measures 5.12mm long, 11.11mm in diameter and weighs 1.7g.A similar button is illustrated in Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58), No. 103, and is dated to the mid 16th to 17th centuries.
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