bezant

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English - Turkish
bizans sikkesi
English - English
A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe
The heraldic representation of a gold coin
A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign
{i} disklike ornament
A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another
gold, representing the gold coin called bezant
A circle in or, i
a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
There were also white or silver bezants
bezants
plural of bezant
bezant

    Hyphenation

    bez·ant

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Old French besant, nominative bezanz, from Latin Byzantius ‘of Byzantium’.
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