Massimo De Benetti holds PhDs in Ancient Heritage Studies from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and in History and Arts from the University of Granada, Spain. He has worked in numismatics for more than 20 years, focusing on ancient and medieval coinage and archaeological coin finds. Since 2002 he has served as a numismatic consultant to the Italian Ministry of Culture and has participated in the study and cataloguing of numismatic finds from archaeological excavations and research projects conducted by state and university institutions. His recent publications include a study of the Etruscan coin collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Siena and the monograph The First 100 Years of the Gold Florin of Florence (1252–1351), published by the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS) in 2024.
