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The term bezant was used in the late medieval Republic of Venice to refer to the Egyptian gold dinar. Marco Polo used the term bezant in the account of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the Yuan Empire around the year 1300.
En la Edad Media, el término bezante o besante (del antiguo francés besant, del latín bizantius aureus) se usó en Europa occidental para describir varias monedas de oro del este, todas derivadas en última instancia del solidus romano.
The Byzantine solidus was valued in Western Europe, where it became known as the bezant, a corruption of Byzantium. The term bezant then became the name for the heraldic symbol of a roundel, tincture or – i.e. a gold disc. Alexius I reforms Manuel I Comnenus scyphate (cup-shaped) hyperpyron.
Bezantée, bezantie or bezanty is an ornamentation consisting of roundels. The word derives from bezant, a gold coin from the Byzantine Empire, which was in common European use until circa 1250. In architecture, bezantée moulding was much used in the Norman period. [1]
Comparative. Related. v. t. e. Annie Besant ( née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism. [1] [2] She was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. [1]
Imperial Coinage. Irene of Athens (r. 797–802), gold solidus minted in Constantinople, 797–802. Byzantine coins were the basic tool of imperial propaganda as well as commercial transactions. The images stamped on them—the emperor, members of his family, Christ, angels, saints, and the cross—promoted the idea that the Byzantine state ...
Solidus of Theodosius II, minted in Constantinople c. 435. This design of the emperor with the spear over his shoulder was the conventional portrait for over a century in the Eastern Roman Empire, from AD 395 to 537. The solidus ( Latin 'solid'; pl.: solidi) or nomisma ( Greek: νόμισμα, nómisma, lit. 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin ...
