Moneta
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For other uses, see Moneta (disambiguation).
In Roman mythology, Moneta was the personification of riches and wealth.
For obvious reasons, the Romans equated the Greek titaness Mnemosyne (memory) with Moneta. Money is an object which reminds others and ourselves the work we have done; in other words, it is the memory of labor.
Moneta is sometimes given as epithet to Juno (Hera), (Juno Moneta which, if considered Latin may means "Juno who Warns", or if considered Greek may means "the lonely Hera"), in her role as the goddess of coinage and protector of the finances of the Roman Empire.
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