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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy button of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1800). The object is composed of a circular disk with a flat reverse and slight dome to the obverse within a recessed circumferential ribbed border. The obverse is decorated with a repeating curvilinear, integral, raised pattern. The reverse retains the majority of its applied white metal, with a minor amount missing in the centre of the reverse where the shank or loop would have been situated.The metal is a dark green in colour with a pitted and corroded patina.Diameter: 12.11mm, Thickness: 1.29mm, Weight: 0.9gSimilar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Database: YORYM-B8DBBC, NLM-7F2185 and NLM-3F191B.Read, P 34, No 118-119
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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