coin / currency
monete
mo-NE-ta
Moneta also means 'currency' in general. 'La Moneta' comes from the Roman goddess Juno Moneta, near whose temple coins were minted.
Ho trovato una moneta da due euro per terra.
I found a two-euro coin on the ground.
La moneta italiana prima dell'euro era la lira.
The Italian currency before the euro was the lira.