164. D e a t h o f t h e E a r l o f E s s e x . 1646.
Bust of the Earl of Essex, nearly full face, in plain falling
collar, armour, and scarf across the body. Leg. ■ e o b e r t v s
COMES . ESSEXHE . & . PKO . REGE . E . PARLIAMENTO GENERALIS.
(Robert, Earl of Essex, &c., General for the King and Parliament.)
Stops, stars.
Rev. Arms of Essex in a garnished shield, with coronet above.
Skull and cross-bones below. Leg. o b i i t • d e c im o . q v a r t o
d i e . s e p t e m b r i s . a n n o . d i n (sic ) . 1646. (Died, 14 Sept. 1646.)
Stops, stars. Legends, incuse.
l -6 by 1'45. (See Woodcut.)
164. Memorial of the Earl of Essex.
MB, Hi. Hi gilt. Extremely rare.
Cast and chased, and with rings for suspension. A memorial
of the Earl of Essex upon his death.
165. D e a t h o f t h e E a b l o f E s s e x . 1646.
Bust of the Earl of Essex, r., with mantle over shoulders.
Leg. r o b . e s s e x . com , m i l . p a r l . d v x . g e n . (Robert, Earl
of Essex, Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary Army.)
Below, t . s. f . (Thomas Simon fecit.)
Rev. Grief seated, I., among ruins, laments over a broken
and fallen column, inscribed f . e . r . t . (Eortitudo ejus rem-
publicam tenuit.—His fortitude sustained the Commonwealth.)
Leg. h in o . il l je . LAciiRYMiE. (Hence those tears.) Ex. a b r v p :
s e p : 14 1646. (Taken away, 14 Sept. 1646.)
•8 by ’7. Med. Hist, xxi, 8. Yertue, x. fig. E.
MB. AL JR. Hunter, N . Very rare.
166. D e a t h o f t h e E a r l o f E s s e x . 1646.
Another reverse occurs to the same obverse, where the
female figure displays a front face; the head resting on the
hand.
•85 by -7.
MB. AC. Unique?
The die of the reverse was evidently much broken.
167. D e a t h o f t h e E a r l o f E s s e x . 1646.
A third reverse occurs to the same obverse, where the female
figure displays a front face, but the hand is at some distance
from the head.
•8 by -7. Pemb. Cat. P. 4. T. 19.
MB. N . T. M. Whitehead, AT. Very rare.
These three small medals were executed by Thomas Simon ;
the preceding ones (Nos. 118, 115, 117, 141), which have been
assigned to him by Yertue, were certainly not his work. The
letters f . e . r . t . occurred on the collar of the Order of the
Annunciation of Savoy, founded by Amadeus YI., in which the
letter r . has been supposed to allude to Rhodes, to the Knights
of which place his grandfather, Amadeus V., had rendered
great assistance.