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Description: | A complete copper alloy button of post-medieval date. The button is circular with a trapezoidal section created by sloping sides leading to a flat reverse. The upper face of the button is decorated with moulded concentric circles around the outer edge, decreasing in size to roughly one third of the way to the centre. An integral sub-triangular attachment shank is present at the centre of the reverse. The metal has a dark brown patina and is worn. The button is 17.4mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick (not including shank) and 12.4mm thick (including shank). The button weighs 4.6g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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