Moneta – Personification of the Mint

448, Lot: 479. Estimate $100. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 212-213. Laureate head right / MONET A AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 224; RSC 165. Faint porosity. Near EF. Wonderful portrait.

By this time in history, Moneta became a personification of the Mint, shown holding scales and a cornucopia.