A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. (Written also besant, byzant, etc)
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(Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.
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A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
Byzantine, Byzant n. (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.
