Talk:moneta
Latest comment: 1 year ago by LlywelynII in topic Abbreviating monetarius
Etymology[edit]
- AHD:money[1] traces moneta to Moneta and no further.
- etymonline.com:money[2] traces moneta to Moneta, and that uncertainly to monere (=moneo).
- M-W:mint[3] traces moneta to Moneta and no further.
- Collins:mint[4] traces moneta to Moneta and no further.
- oxforddictionaries.com:money[5] relates moneta to a title of Juno and traces no further.
--Dan Polansky (talk) 10:31, 30 December 2018 (UTC)
Abbreviating monetarius[edit]
See here. There's at least one scholar who thinks the others are misreading the coins and moneta in inscriptions is only the word "coin" or "mint die". — LlywelynII 17:56, 27 May 2023 (UTC)