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Description: | Post medieval cast lead alloy button missing its shank. The button has a slightly convex fornt with a raised circular central boss and a concave back. the boss has a flattened top and is surrounded by a ring of small pellets. From the boss radiate out eight evenly spaced rectangular, defined by raised lines at the edges. Each rectangule is further decorated with a raised semi circular line at each end, running from corner to corner. The triangular spaces between the rectangles are decorated with sevral parallel transverse lines. The edge is badly chipped and evidence of lamination suggests a tin content to the alloy. The back is slightly concave with a raised casting line across it and the stub of the loop in the centre. It is now 15.3mm in diameter and 4.8mm thick including the stub of the loop. It weighs 1.89 grams.Read (2003:67-9) illustrates sevral similar examples, no. 262-272, although none with an identical design. He suggests (ibid: 56) they are 17th century in date.
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