byzant

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Definition of byzant in English English dictionary

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

A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium

Related Terms

A byzant

nomisma

Hyphenation

byz·ant

Etymology

() From Old French besant, nominative bezanz, from Latin Byzantius ‘of Byzantium’.