Meaning bezant
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bezantgold coin, c. 1200, from Old French besant (12c.), from Latin byzantius, short for Byzantius nummus "coin of Byzantium."
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bezantA coin first struck at Byzantium (in other words Constantinople). There were gold bezants, varying in value between a sovereign and a half-sovereign, and silver ones worth from a florin to a shilling. [..]
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bezant(n) a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
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bezant
(history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
(heraldiccharge) The heraldic representation of a gold coin.
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