Bezants

n. disklike ornament

Bezants is a medieval name for gold coins. Gold coins were not minted in early medieval Western Europe with silver and bronze being the currency of choice, but they did circulate there in small numbers, originating from the Mediterranean region, in particular Islamic and Byzantine gold coins were highly prized. These gold coins were commonly called bezants, taken from the word Byzantium, the Latinized form of the original Greek name (Βυζάντιον or "Byzántion") of the capital, Constantinople, where the gold coins typically came from and were associated with since the time of Constantine I.
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Noun
1. a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
(synonym) bezzant, byzant, solidus
(hypernym) coin

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