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Bisantium, Besantine, Bezant

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Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.