Are there any good references that clearly define Roman Provincial Coinage Denominations; or are they simply stated as AE 17 for a bronze 17 mm coin? Example: Pamphylia, Magydus - Gallienus : 29 mm, so would this denomination simply be classified as AE 29. Example: Pontos, Amisos (Time of Aemilian) : 22 mm, so would this denomination simply be classified as AE 22.
Egyptian coins are referred to by denominations (drachm, obol, chalkous, etc.) But I haven't seen specific denominations named for any other provincial coinage.
I couldn't find any references either. I even checked museum web sites and publishers of ancient coin books. It seems that they simply list it by metal and size with a few exceptions.
In Orient the aurei were called in Greek "denarioi", the silver denarii were called "drachms". This why even today in Arabic a gold coin is a "dinar" and a silver coin is a "dirham". For bronze coins, the New Testament tells us the names. There is the κοδράντης (kodrantes), the smallest coin. This name comes from the Latin quadrans, 0.25 as. Matthew 5:26; Mark 12:42 There is the ἀσσάριον (assarion), a name from the Latin as. Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6. The was also the half-quadrans, a denomination that did not exist in Rome but existed in Orient. In Antioch the smallest denomination was called "chalkous". But there was always a link between western and eastern denominations, for western coins (sestertius, as, dupondius, quadrans) circulated in Orient along local coins.
