Be*zant" (?), n. [See Byzant.]
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.
Burke.
3.
A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
© Webster 1913.