File:15th century copper-alloy button (FindID 797004).jpg

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15th century copper-alloy button
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Kent County Council, Walter (Jo) Ahmet, 2016-07-25 14:32:25
Title
15th century copper-alloy button
Description
English:
A complete copper-alloy cast one-piece button with integral drilled shank, of Medieval date c.15th century.



Description:
The button is discoidal, solid and slightly plano-convex. It is decorated on the front with a centrally punched dot/hole around which is a single concentric circle has been incised. There is minor abrasion around part of the button circumference. The shank survives intact and is roughly reactangular with a large roughly drilled suspension loop. The back of the button is undecorrated but roughly and poorly finished. The button is a dark brown colour.
Measurements: 24.96mm in diameter, 13.2mm thick (inc shank, 2.12mm thick disc of the button) and 8.04g in weight,



Discussion:

Probably 15th century in date, although this style of shank does extend into the 18th century (Read 2005, 11 no. 24).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1400 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 797004
Old ref: KENT-613618
Filename: KENT613618.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/576522
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/576522/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/797004
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 21 November 2020)
Object location51° 19′ 54.48″ N, 0° 41′ 17.74″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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