personal possessions (land, livestock, rare condiments, spices, stones, carpentry, etc) and social status. Think of kings, emperors, sultans, etc. These never had money, but had so much power and so many possessions that every woman wanted to become their queen, empress, etc...
This is the right answer.
Humans have always been hunters and gatherers before modern civilization set in. Food was their only concern. Men will hunt, women would beat the meat. No pun intended.
For me it was who is most powerful. Woman wants power more than anything. So marrying a powerful man could make her the powerful among all women so I think women used to find power the most attractive thing.
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