Talk:Bezant

Latest comment: 5 years ago by LlywelynII in topic Polo

Bezants

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Feel free to insert the following image into the article.PHG Per Honor et Gloria 06:07, 7 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

 
Crusader coins of the Kingdom of Jerusalem: Denier in European style with Holy Sepulchre (1162-75); Kufic gold bezant (1140-80); gold bezant with Christian symbol (1250s). Gold coins were first copied dinars and bore Kufic script, but after 1250 Christian symbols were added following Papal complaints (British Museum).

  Done Per Honor et Gloria  20:49, 10 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

Polo

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Right now the article states

His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1 bezant = 20 groats = 133⅓ tornesel.<ref name="YULE"/>

with the cite going to an off-brand reprint of Yule/Cordier. Given that the actual Yule/Cordier says nothing of the kind

The term Bezant is used by Polo always (I believe) as it is by Joinville, by Marino Sanudo, and by Pegolotti, for the Egyptian gold dínár, the intrensic value of which varied somewhat... The exchange of Venice money for the Bezant or Dinar in the Levant varied a good deal...

I think something's getting misunderstood or misquoted. The text should probably be removed. — LlywelynII 21:21, 3 March 2019 (UTC)Reply