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Bezant, the Glossary

In the Middle Ages, the term bezant (besant, from Latin bizantius aureus) was used in Western Europe to describe several gold coins of the east, all derived ultimately from the nocat.^[1]

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Coins of the Byzantine Empire

Bezantée

Bezantée, bezantie or bezanty is an ornamentation consisting of roundels. Bezant and Bezantée are Heraldic charges.

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Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.

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Byzantine coinage

Byzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: gold solidi and hyperpyra and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. Bezant and Byzantine coinage are coins of the Byzantine Empire.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantium

Byzantium or Byzantion (Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Thracian settlement and later a Greek city in classical antiquity that became known as Constantinople in late antiquity and which is known as Istanbul today.

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Charge (heraldry)

In heraldry, a charge is any emblem or device occupying the field of an escutcheon (shield). Bezant and charge (heraldry) are Heraldic charges.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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County of Tripoli

The County of Tripoli (1102–1289) was one of the Crusader states.

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Duchy of Cornwall

The Duchy of Cornwall (Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster.

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Dyrham

Dyrham is a village and parish in South Gloucestershire, England.

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Electrum

Electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals.

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Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III.

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Francesco Balducci Pegolotti

Pegolotti Pratica Ricc.2441 specimen half page. Francesco Balducci Pegolotti (fl. 1290 – 1347), also Francesco di Balduccio, was a Florentine merchant and politician.

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Gold coin

A gold coin is a coin that is made mostly or entirely of gold. Bezant and gold coin are gold coins.

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Gold dinar

The gold dinar (ﺩﻳﻨﺎﺭ ذهبي) is an Islamic medieval gold coin first issued in AH 77 (696–697 CE) by Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. Bezant and gold dinar are gold coins.

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Henri Cordier

Henri Cordier (8 August 184916 March 1925) was a French linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, editor and Orientalist.

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Henry Yule

Colonel Sir Henry Yule (1 May 1820 – 30 December 1889) was a Scottish Orientalist and geographer.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.

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Hyperpyron

The hyperpyron (nómisma hypérpyron) was a Byzantine coin in use during the late Middle Ages, replacing the solidus as the Byzantine Empire's standard gold coinage in the 11th century. Bezant and hyperpyron are coins of the Byzantine Empire and gold coins.

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John Russell (knight)

Sir John Russell (died c. 1224) of Kingston Russell in Dorset, England, was a household knight of King John (1199–1216), and of the young King Henry III (1216–1272), to whom he also acted as steward.

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Kingdom of Cyprus

The Kingdom of Cyprus (Royaume de Chypre; Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489.

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Kingdom of Jerusalem

The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as the Latin Kingdom, was a Crusader state that was established in the Levant immediately after the First Crusade.

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Kingston Russell

Kingston Russell is a settlement and civil parish west of Dorchester, in the Dorset district, in the county of Dorset, England.

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Marco Polo

Marco Polo (8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295.

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Medieval Latin

Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Miliarense

The miliarense (neuter form of the late Latin miliarensis, "pertaining to a thousand"; plural: miliarensia) was a large silver coin, introduced to the late Roman monetary system in the early 4th century. Bezant and miliarense are coins of the Byzantine Empire.

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Miliaresion

The miliaresion (μιλιαρήσιον, from miliarensis), is a name used for two types of Byzantine silver coins. Bezant and miliaresion are coins of the Byzantine Empire.

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Nomisma

Nomisma (νόμισμα) was the ancient Greek word for "money" and is derived from nomos (νόμος) meaning "'anything assigned,' 'a usage,' 'custom,' 'law,' 'ordinance,' or 'that which is a habitual practice.'"The King James Version New Testament Greek Lexicon; Strong's Number:3546 The term nomos may also refer to an approximately 8 gram Achaean coin denomination. Bezant and Nomisma are coins.

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Pratica della mercatura

The Practica della mercatura (Italian for "The Practice of Commerce"), also known as the Merchant's Handbook, is a comprehensive guide to international trade in 14th-century Eurasia and North Africa as known to its compiler, the Florentine banker Francesco Balducci Pegolotti.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Roundel (heraldry)

A roundel is a circular charge in heraldry. Bezant and roundel (heraldry) are Heraldic charges.

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Sack of Constantinople

The Sack of Constantinople occurred in April 1204 and marked the culmination of the Fourth Crusade.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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Solidus (coin)

The solidus (Latin 'solid';: solidi) or nomisma (νόμισμα, nómisma, 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Later Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire. Bezant and solidus (coin) are coins of the Byzantine Empire and gold coins.

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Trachy (coin)

The term trachy (τραχύ), plural trachea (τραχέα), meaning "rough" or "uneven", was used to describe the cup-shaped (incorrectly often called "scyphate") Byzantine coins struck in the 11th–14th centuries. Bezant and trachy (coin) are coins of the Byzantine Empire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezant

Also known as Bezants, Byzant, Medieval European bezant, Saracen bezant, Saracen bezants.

Bezant, the Glossary

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Coins of the Byzantine Empire

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