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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 25330511, member: 128351&quot;]In Orient the aurei were called in Greek &quot;denarioi&quot;, the silver denarii were called &quot;drachms&quot;. This why even today in Arabic a gold coin is a &quot;dinar&quot; and a silver coin is a &quot;dirham&quot;.</p><p>For bronze coins, the New Testament tells us the names. </p><p>There is the κοδράντης (kodrantes), the smallest coin. This name comes from the Latin <i>quadrans</i>, 0.25 as. Matthew 5:26; Mark 12:42</p><p>There is the ἀσσάριον (assarion), a name from the Latin <i>as</i>. Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6.</p><p>The was also the half-quadrans, a denomination that did not exist in Rome but existed in Orient. </p><p><br /></p><p>In Antioch the smallest denomination was called &quot;chalkous&quot;. But there was always a link between western and eastern denominations, for western coins (sestertius, as, dupondius, quadrans) circulated in Orient along local coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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