1 Baiocco - Benedict XIV Wavy shield, Cartouche, No date

Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lambertini, was among the most intellectually serious popes of the eighteenth century — a canon lawyer by training who corresponded with Voltaire and overhauled the process for canonization. His reign of nearly eighteen years was one of the longest of the century, which accounts for the broad span of Baiocco varieties catalogued under his pontificate. The multiple Muntoni references reflect genuine die variation across that period rather than simple restrikes.