con|tor|ni|ate

con|tor|ni|ate
con|tor|ni|ate «kuhn TR nee iht», adjective, noun. Numismatics.
–adj.
having a bordering furrow within the edge.
–n.
one of a group of Roman medals or coinlike pieces of copper or bronze having a furrow on each side within the edge, and bearing on one side a head and on the other side devices relating to the public games or spectacles, in connection with which these pieces are supposed to have been issued, probably first in the 300's A.D.
╂[< French contorniate < Italian contorniato < contorno contour, outline]

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