Hammered coin

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I have very little knowledge of coins like this and only when sellers offer some starting point for my research.

This coin was in a bulk lot of supposed tokens and I have no idea where it could have originated. It is non-magnetic and extremely thin.
Weight is 1.145g and diameter 20.66mm. I tried a search on Maltese cross but can't really make out much more. I tried what I think should be the clearest scan setting but perhaps another setting could work better. I also have no good idea of obverse and reverse and top and bottom.
I would appreciate any information on the coin's origin.
Thank you, Will
OK, I will get us started.

If you take your first photo and rotate it 180 degrees, I think I see this legend:
⚜ SIT (NOME) DNI BENEDICTV (Blessed be the name of the Lord)

I am pretty sure this legend was used on French medieval coins, and I know it was used on Low Countries coins (where the fleur-de-lis can signify the Bruges mint, but probably there are other places that used this in the legend).

And I'm not sure I would call this a Maltese cross, which has a more pronounced notch in each end of the cross. There are objects in the corners of the cross, but I can't see what they are.
Let's see what can be found...
Here is one possibility with the correct reverse (cross side) legend, reasonable things in the corners of the cross, correct diameter: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces54071.html

On your second photo (the obverse) I think I can see ... VDOV ... at 6:00 - 8:00 the way the photo is currently oriented, which could be part of LVDOVICVS, the king's name.

By the time I wake up tomorrow, one of our European members will have solved it :)
Thanks a lot! You have provided me with more information than I expected.

Will
On the side with the cross, always wondered what the items in each quarter were -
now looks like alternating fleur-de-lis then a crown. Such as:

France, Louis XI (1461-83), silver Blanc a la couronne, second issue (January 1474), St Lo mint.
Obverse: + LVDOVICVS FRANCORV REX - French arms and three coronets within trilobe.
Reverse: + SIT NOME DNI BENEDICTV - cross pattée, coronet in first and third quarters, lis in second and fourth.

https://www.sovr.co.uk/products/france-louis-xi-blanc-a-la-couronne-bg02266
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
​ Another with similar lettering - but not exactly alike:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces37354.html

I added the visible letters to your coin. Plus the fleur and crown ...

Still looking ...
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
This one looks closer - but on reverse has no fleur separating the lettering at the top:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8723.html

LVDOVICVS FRANCORVM REX // SIT NOMEN DNI BENEDICTV
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
I had thought the liard I posted upthread might be a closer match for the size, but the obverse detail is so poor that it's hard to say.
Thanks for your efforts, guys. I appreciate it and I will research some more.

Will

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