Byzant

[Luis Fok]

A small town in southern saskatchewan where leighton did a really bad thing.......
......kissed anohter guys mom
yea- i know- WTF LEIGHTON?

[Urukdaf 0]

a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages

[VikaRip]

A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.

[Cami]

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. The word itself comes from the Greek Byzantion, the ancient name of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
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. In turn, the gold coins minted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem and County of Tripoli were termed Saracen bezants, since they were modelled on the gold dinar. A completely different electrum coin based on Byzantine trachea was minted in the Kingdom of Cyprus and called the white bezant.The term bezant in reference to coins is common in sources from the 10th through 13th centuries. Thereafter, it was mainly employed as a money of account and in literary and heraldic contexts.

[GrokLuth 0]

The term Byzant typically refers to the Byzantine Empire, an ancient regime that spanned Europe and Asia and lasted from 330 to 1453 AD. The term may also refer to the culture, art, and historical context associated with this empire. It can also refer to a coin, the gold solidus, which was the standard currency in the empire. This term is often used in historical and cultural discussions to refer to aspects related to the Byzantine Empire.

[MashaDit]

biz′ant. Same as Bezant.