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
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Having a furrow of this kind.
[…] by its close analogy with a more elaborate composition on a contorniate medal of the same Emperor, which was certainly commemorative of that event.
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Mr. Evans exhibited a fine contorniate, bearing the head of Nero
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[…] by its close analogy with a more elaborate composition on a contorniate medal of the same Emperor, which was certainly commemorative of that event.