Bisantium
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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.
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