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Bezant

//ˈbɛzənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of bezant. alt-of
  3. 3
    a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages wordnet
  4. 4
    A roundel or (that is, a golden circle), the heraldic representation of a gold coin.

    "One and All is the motto of the County of Cornwall, used below the coat-of-arms, which is a shield embracing fifteen bezants, or golden roundels, on a black ground; [...]."

Etymology

From Middle English besaunt, from Old French bezant, nominative bezanz, from Latin byzantius (“of Byzantium”).

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