Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Contorniate
Con·tor′ni·ate, Con·tor′ni·a′te, n., [It. contorniato, p. pr. of contorniare to make a circuit or outline, fr. contorno circuit, outline. See Contour.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; — supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.