bezant

bezant has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

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