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Description: | Incomplete and abraded cast lead alloy unidentified object, possibly a button. The item consists of a sub-circular flan which is plano-convex in section. The flat, underside, of the item has two small hollows, approximately 5mm apart (possibly co-joined), each of which has ferrous traces and which probably formed an attachment or suspension loop. The upperside of the item has two raised 'pellets' in alignment with these two hollows, which is probably the result of these piercings and does not form a logical part of the design noted below. The convex, upperside, of the item has a raised cast design of a six petalled flower with pellets between each petal, a design commonly see on lead tokens during the seventeenth century and with which this item is dated in line with. This object has therefore been dated c.1600-1700.
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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