Did I find a Knights Templar artifact?

[coachbedford]

Ok, I doubt it goes back to the medieval period (I'm guessing 1600s at earliest, 1800s at latest) but it does have a Jerusalem cross on it above a shield of fleur de lis. The design and lettering are incused so I also assume it's a seal matrix of some kind[?} Thought this would be easy to identify but have had no luck finding any info on this particular design on the internet. Can anybody ID it for certain?

I did dig it up, but only out of a coin dealer junk box a couple years ago.

I believe it's brass but not lightweight. Hard to make out what it says but I think I see stuff like "INIT" and "COS"

 

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[DCMatt]

Hard to tell much from the pics but the ring around the outside may indicate that it was once a pendant.

If you can read a few more letters we might be able to figure it out.

DCMatt

 

[coachbedford]

"GIT" or "CIT" then gap then "CONSTI...TE"? The rest is REALLY hard to make out but I MIGHT see a "IV"

 

[coachbedford]

maybe connected to the papacy?