Description

Charles I. 1625-1649. Cast Silver Medal 1644, 14.94 g. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, General. Unsigned. Bust, armoured. . R . R . R . P . P . P . FIDISSIMVS . 1644 . Rv. S . X . and, on a scroll, G . L. MAGS : PROTECR : LIBERTAT' : PATRIÆ : Plain edge. 37.2 mm. Eimer -. MI i 312/141. Gutes sehr schön / Good Very Fine. Zeitgenössischer dünner Guss, Felder geglättet, Henkelspur / Contemporary thin cast, fields smoothed, mount mark.

From the auction Peus 370, Frankfurt a. M., November 2001, ot 2212.

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (11 January 1591 - 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army, also known as the Roundheads. However, he was unable and unwilling to score a decisive blow against the Royalist army of King Charles I. He was eventually overshadowed by the ascendancy of Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax, and resigned his commission in 1646.