BENEDICT XIV (August 17, 1740 — May 3, 1758)

	AG Obv.: BENEDICTVS | XIV • PONT • MAX • HAMERANVS Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
	Rev.: IVDICABIT IN ÆQVITATE (in exergue:) MDCCXL Allegorical figure of the Church, crowned with the Tiara, holding a set of scales in r., the triple cross in l., snakes being crushed by the cross at her feet. Mazio, 451. Spink 1832.

	Æ Obv.: BENED • XIV • PONT • M • A • VII Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
	Rev.: CVRA • RERVM • PVBLICARVM AD • CENTVMCELLAS | PROFECTIO The Pope in a travelling litter mounted on two mules, accompanied by a mule-driver, a mounted guard, and footsoldiers. An angel in the sky, blowing a trumpet, the sea behind. [Commemorates a visit to Civitavecchia in 1746] Mazio, 462. Spink 1823.

For the Visit to Civitavecchia, see G. Novaes, Elementi della storia de' Summi Pontefici terza edizione, Volume 14 ( Roma 1822 ) 117-118. The Pope departed Rome on April 26. He stayed in Civitavecchia for six days, beginning his return to Rome on May 4.

	AG Obv.: BENED • XIV • PONT • MAX • A • XVII Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
	Rev.: PANTHAEI • DECORE • RESTITVTO • ET • AVCTO • AN • MDCCLVII Interior of the Pantheon (S. Maria Rotonda, S. Maria ad Martyres). Mazio, 479. Spink 1866.

	Æ Obv.: BENED • XIV • PONT • M • A • XVI Bust of the pope, r., wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
	Rev.: PROVIDENTIA | PONTIFICIS • (in exergue:) EX • PRORATA • MONETA | A • MDCCLV • Allegorical figure of Providence, scales in r., cornucopia in l. arm.. Mazio, 477. Spink 1865.

John Paul Adams, CSUN
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