- contourniate
- (kon-tour-ni-a-t') s. m.Voy. contorniate.
Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
Contorniate — A contorniate, or contourniate, is a species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge, as if the object had been turned in the lathe. Contourniated medallions were supposed to have been struck in the days of… … Wikipedia