Contorniate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contorniate \Con*tor"ni*ate\, Contorniate \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.
     [1913 Webster]