It took its name from the '''''''''', the of
Tours.
Marco Polo referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the
Yuan Empire. His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1
bezant = 20
groats = 133⅓ tornesel. ½- coin The '''' was a subunit of the
Neapolitan,
Sicilian, and
Two Sicilies ducats. ==See also==