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Bisantium

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

BESANTINE, or BEZANT. An ancient coin, first issued at Constantinople. It was of two sorts, — gold, equivalent to a ducat, valued at 9s. 6d., and silver, computed at 2s. They were both current in England. Wharton.