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 be·zant /ˈbɛzṇt, bəˈzænt/
 各種金[銀] 幣名

 Be·zant n.
 1. 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. [Written also besant, byzant, etc.]
 2. Her. A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant.
 3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
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 bezant
      n : a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in
          Europe in the Middle Ages [syn: bezzant, byzant, solidus]