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Definitions of bezant in various dictionaries:
noun - a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire
A flat disk used as an ornament.
noun - a coin of ancient Rome
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| Old gold coin deformed, with inscription of South Africa |
| Gold coin from borders of Zambia pocketed by criminal |
| Yellow circle like a gold coin in heraldry |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Oct 31 2017 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Jul 18 2017 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Dec 13 2009 The Telegraph - General Knowledge |
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| a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages |
| See solidus. |
| Architecture A flat disk used as an ornament. |
| A gold or silver coin originally minted at Byzantium. |
| A roundel or (i.e. a solid gold circle). |
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In the Middle Ages, the term bezant (Old French besant, from Latin bizantius aureus) was used in western Europe to describe several gold coins of the east, all derived ultimately from the Roman solidus. The word itself comes from the Greek Byzantion, ancient name of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. * The original "bezants" were the gold coins produced by the government of the Byzantine Empire, first the nomisma and from the 11th century the hyperpyron. Later, the term was used to cover the gold dinars produced by Islamic governments. In turn, the gold coins minted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and County of Tripoli were termed "Saracen bezants", since they were modelled on the gold dinar. A completely different electrum coin based on Byzantine trachea was minted in the Kingdom of Cyprus and called the "white bezant".The term "bezant" in reference to coins is common in sources from the 10th through 13th centuries. Thereafter, it is mainly employed as a money of account a |