Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.