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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy button. Circular in shape, with flat back and a convex front. The front has a flat outer corder and a domed centre with a flattened top. There is an indented dot in the centre and two concentric circles, one half way down the dome and one between the rasied section and border. On the reverse is a integral shank, it if formed from a sub-rectangular tab pierced by a drilled circular hole which tapers in diameter from one side to the other, clearly drilled from one side. The button has a diameter of 19.7mm, thickness of 14.7mm including the loop, 5.2mm excluding it and weighs 7.66 grams.Several very similar examples are illustrated by Read (2005:11-12), no.24, 26 and 29, dated to the 15th century.
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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