Token with griffin - Livonian?

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Found this strange (copper?) token at an auction, but cannot find anything about it, but it looks old and interesting.

On one side it has a shield with a griffin with sword, that reminds me of the coat of arms of Livonia.
The other side has a wreath and then some flowers with in between what looks like: "II", 2 I's in a cross, 2 I's making an upside down V (lambda?) and then tho bent I's forming a circle. The center is not visible as it seems to have been turned into a button or badge at some time. There also seems to be a seam of some kind between the wreath and the floral section of that side (or could be part of the design as well as it's only partially visible on both ends of the coin and nothing of the kind visible on the other side).

I am waiting for some info on weight and size, but I'm guessing about 12 to 15 mm.
Didn't find anything in the catalogue yet, nor did mr. google be of any help (he suggested it was a dime :°)
Anyone any idea on what it could have been? I'm guessing more than a button, because of the image present on the reverse.

Just call me Bram

No new swaps for the moment, still too many half-ongoing swaps to clean up!
It looks like a button that the shank has broken off

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