meaning of bezants
1. 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.
2. A circle in or, i. e. , gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.
3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
4. a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
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