Double Tournois - Louis XIII Stenay mint, 14th type

The Stenay mint operated in the Meuse valley under constant pressure during the final years of Louis XIII's reign, a period when French forces were deeply committed to the Thirty Years' War and copper coinage production was increasingly decentralized to provincial mints struggling to meet military expenditure demands. The 14th type represents one of the last evolutionary stages of the Double Tournois series, which Louis XIII's administration had been progressively modifying since 1610.

Stenay's output for this type was limited, and the mint itself would lose much of its operational significance within a decade of these strikes.