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Strange Uniface Deer Stag Shell Token / Charm

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Picked this up at a local coin show today. It was labeled as a silver oblation from India, but it does not resemble any other temple tokens I could find on the internet. It's 28mm and 1.8g. It's struck uniface like a shellcard. If anyone has seen similar and has information on origin, use or age it would be greatly appreciated.
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@LITP, I spent about an hour trolling through the interwebs trying to find this when you first posted it. Alas, I found nothing.

I do agree that it is unlike the other temple tokens that I have seen before. It seems more like jewelry (button cover?) than a coin/token to me, but I really can't help you on this one.
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Thank you Spence for all your efforts. The best I came up with is that it is of a similar construction to silver pathri amulets on northern India. As a long shot, it might represent the Hindu god Rohit. Although it might be a Kashmir Stag, or it may be one of Santa's reindeers. As far as age, I have no idea. If anyone has any other ideas it would be greatly appreciated.
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