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Maria De LA Loste - What Is It?

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Got this one in a lot of random world coins plus a couple tokens:

Maria-De-LA-Loste---What-Is-It?

Maria-De-LA-Loste---What-Is-It?

Googling "Maria de la Loste" turned up zilch.

Google translate says "Dorada con aciete de coco" means "Golden with coconut oil"

Oviedo is a city in northern Spain, Florida, and the Dominican Republic, as well as the surname of a 16th century Spanish historian.

The two crosses don't mean a whole lot, especially the one on the left... I have heard of "Alpha and Omega" but "Beta and Omega"?

As for the token itself...

24mm
4.39g
Magnetic
Has a casting seam

I'm stumped.
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I don't know if it helps or bears any significance, but I think that it reads "Maria de la O" and then "Loste" is something else. The fonts between the 2 are different, and I know of a film from Spain called "Maria de la O" which is what made me think to read it that way..
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Here's a picture of this coin (or something like it):

http://www.todocoleccion.net/moneda...bc~x39481202


Might be related to this company:

http://www.aceitesmariadelao.com/mariadelao.htm
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Good call on "Maria de la O." Did some searching, and it seems that is more commonly a sort of slang for "Virgin Mary", alluding to use use of "O, (prayer)" in many prayers and songs dedicated to her.

And it does seem this is an advertisement for a cookie company, perhaps a former venture of the olive oil company that survives today.

Still perplexed about the significance of the two crosses on the front, however.
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