- 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...
- Sir
Walter Besant (/
ˈbɛzənt/; 14
August 1836 – 9 June 1901) was an
English novelist and historian.
William Henry Besant was his brother, and
another brother...
- Ensign. Italian-built,
Argus was
formerly the
container ship MV
Contender Bezant. The ship was
requisitioned in 1982 for
service in the
Falklands War and...
-
blazoned by its tincture, e.g., a
roundel or, it is more
often described as a
bezant, from the Old
French term
besant for a gold coin,
which itself is named...
- who
replaced it with the hyperpyron,
which also came to be
known as a "
bezant". The
Byzantine solidus also
inspired the
zolotnik in the
Kievan Rus' and...
-
arranged like a Gr****
cross (1+3+1). Each
smaller shield holds five
white bezants displa**** in the form of a
saltire (2+1+2). The red
bordure is charged...
- minted.
Because of the
circular nature of the coins, the word byzantius, or
bezant, as it
travelled across Europe, came to mean the 'circle or disk' represented...
-
white bezants from the ex-regent,
claiming that 200,000
bezants had been in the
royal treasury when his
father died and he had
spent 40,000
bezants to secure...
-
bezanty is an
ornamentation consisting of roundels. The word
derives from
bezant, a gold coin from the
Byzantine Empire,
which was in
common European use...
- the
French besant (d'or),
Italian bisante, and
English besant, byzant, or
bezant. The
English usage,
derived from Old
French besan (pl. besanz), and relating...
