Con-tôr'ni-ate or Con-tôr'ni-ā'to, n.

Con-tôr'ni-ā'to, n. [It. contorniato, p. pr. of contorniare, equivalent to contornare, to make a circuit or outline, from contorno, circuit, outline. See CONTOUR.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a curved furrow on each side, and supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.