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Description: | Cast copper-alloy front of a composite hollow button. The front is hemispherical with an incised design of a star or sun with a cenral circle with nine rays or points projecting from it and multiple parallel lines of hatching between each ray. The surface has a silvery apppearence suggesting it may be the alloy known as tombac. It is 14.7mm in diameter; 6.6mm tall and weighs 0.86 grams.An identical example is illustrated in Read (2005:73, no.295) from East Devom which he dates to the 17th to 18th century AD.
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