Denier Tournois - Henri III La Rochelle, 1st type

The denier tournois was revived in copper under Henri III as part of a broader monetary ordinance of 1575 aimed at stabilizing petty coinage after decades of debasement and civil war disruption had hollowed out the lower denominations. La Rochelle's mint, operating under Huguenot-tolerant arrangements during this period of the Wars of Religion, was one of several provincial mints authorized to strike the new type. The "1st type" distinction matters: a revised design was introduced within a few years, making the La Rochelle emission from this narrow window relatively short-lived in production terms.