Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
15 Sols - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne
| Issuer | Sedan, Principality of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1613-1614 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1/2 Ecu = 15 Sols (¾) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Displayed double-headed eagle with spread wings, bearing on its breast an escutcheon of the arms of Bouillon. The date appears in the lower field, with the denomination XV flanking the lower portion of the design. The peripheral legend, rendered in Latin capitals within a beaded border, reads HENRICVS • DE • LA•TOVR • DVX • BVLLIONÆVS 1613 XV, identifying Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne as Duke of Bouillon. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne ruled Sedan as a semi-independent Reformed principality wedged between France and the Spanish Netherlands, and his mint operated during a period when Protestant princes jealously guarded coinage rights as a mark of sovereignty distinct from Paris. The 1613–1614 dating places this issue squarely within Henri's tenure before his death in 1623, during which Sedan functioned as one of the most important Huguenot refuges in northern France.
Delmonte's cataloguing of Sedan coinage remains the authoritative reference for this series, and the S#399 designation reflects genuinely scarce survival numbers — the principality's mint output was modest, and these pieces circulated hard in a border region that saw regular military movement during the early Thirty Years' War buildup.