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contorniate

noun /kənˈtɔː(ɹ).ni.ət/

  1. A bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.

    Mr. Evans exhibited a fine contorniate, bearing the head of Nero

Where it comes from

From Italian contorniato, present participle of contorniare (“to make a circuit or outline”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry contorniate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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