15 Sols - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne

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.