bezant noun. ['bɛz(ǝ)nt] Also byzant [bɪ'zant]. ME.
[Old French besant, nom. besanz, from Latin Byzantius (sc. nummus coin) adjective: see BYZANTIAN.]
1. Hist. A gold or silver coin, orig. minted at Byzantium (later Constantinople, the modern Istanbul), widely used in the currency of medieval Europe. ME.

2. Heraldry. A gold roundel representing such a coin. L15.

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