Moneta – Personification of the Mint

451, Lot: 371. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Caracalla. AD 198-217. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.40 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 212-213. Laureate head right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 224; RSC 165. Good VF.

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