Bezant - Wikipedia The original "bezants" were the gold coins produced by the government of the Byzantine Empire, first the nomisma and from the 11th century the hyperpyron Later, the term was used to cover the gold dinars produced by Islamic governments
BEZANT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Bezant definition: Also bezzant the gold solidus of the Byzantine Empire, widely circulated in the Middle Ages See examples of BEZANT used in a sentence
What does bezant mean? - Definitions. net Bezant is a medieval term for a gold coin from the Byzantine Empire The term is derived from the Greek name Βυζάντιον, the relatively minor city which in the 4th century was refounded as Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Coin | History, Value, Types - Byzantine, Empire, Currency . . . Inspiring many features of these transient coinages, but outliving them all, stood the currency of the Byzantine Empire It was based on the gold solidus (1 72 of a pound) of Constantine—the bezant of 4 5 grams (about 70 grains) maximum, which dominated so much of European trade to the 13th century
Bezant - HandWiki In the Middle Ages, the term bezant (Old French: besant, from Latin bizantius aureus) was used in Western Europe to describe several gold coins of the east, all derived ultimately from the Roman solidus