1/2 Grosso - Innocent XII DA PAVPERI

Innocent XII issued this fractional silver during his systematic dismantling of papal nepotism — his 1692 bull Romanum decet Pontificem effectively outlawed the practice of appointing relatives to lucrative church offices, a direct repudiation of his predecessor Alexander VIII's brazenly nepotistic reign. The da pavperi designation signals this denomination was explicitly tied to his poor-relief reforms, through which he converted the Lateran Palace into a large-scale hospice for Rome's destitute.

The tight date range reflects his pontificate almost exactly; Innocent XII died in September 1700, but coinage of this type ceased before his final years.