Denary called MONETA in honor of Juno coins, Rome, silver 130 AD Adrian Juno Moneta (from lats. moneta - counselor, mentor, from lats. moneo, monere - warn) - one of the names of the goddess Juno in Roman mythology. It is said to have originated in the war with Pyrrhus, when Juno answered the Romans who asked her, that they do not lack money if they wage war fairly. When this promise was fulfilled, the Romans called it the Coin and became to depict it on 269 C.E. money drawn in the form of Justice, with weights in the right hand and a horn of plenty in the left, as well as the inscription Moneta. The temple of Juno Moneta was located on Capitol Hill, probably on the site of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracheli. Since the first courtyard for minting was arranged at the temple, the money from here was called coins. It was sacrificed as a pig. From the coin come the modern terms "coin" "coin yard" and English money (money). According to Hyginus, she gave birth to muses from Zeus. Hesiod considered the mother of muses Mnemosina, who was thus associated with Juno Moneta, although they were and other versions