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Description: | A cast copper alloy button of late medieval or early post medieval date, AD1450-1600. It is circular with a flat lower surface and an upper surface that tapers slightly to a central, circular projection. On the underside is a flat suspension loop, rounded at the end and pierced with a circular hole. It is 12.7mm long and 9.7mm in diameter. It weighs 1.63gm.Similar buttons are illustrated in Bailey, 2004, Buttons and Fasteners, 500BC-AD1840, page 28, numbers 7.24 and 7.27.
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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