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Biconvex copper alloy button from the late 15th to 16th century.
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National Museum Wales , Susie White, 2018-01-16 15:01:24
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Biconvex copper alloy button from the late 15th to 16th century.
Description
English: Biconvex copper alloy button from the late 15th to 16th century.The button is undecorated apart from a small central pellet.The button has an integral shank with a circular perforation.The button has a dark olive green patina. See Read 2010, 64, No. 225 and Bailey 2016, 28, Figs. 7.23-7.30, for similar examples.

Length: 15.95mm; length of shank only: 7mm; diameter 11.9mm; weight: 3.2g

Depicted place (County of findspot) Cheshire West and Chester
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
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FindID: 883215
Old ref: WREX-C953D9
Filename: WREXC953D9.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/644616
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/644616/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/883215
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Object location53° 13′ 12″ N, 2° 47′ 02.15″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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