Watch List notes:

Antonio Selvi, Richard Molesworth (1680-1758, 3rd Viscount Molesworth), bronze medal (1712), bust right in armour and ornate helmet, rev., Bellona grasping the arm of Fortune, 89mm (Vannel & Toderi 133; MI II, 391/245; Eimer 453), extremely fine and very rare, brown patina Of Anglo-Irish descent, both he and his elder brother John Molesworth commissioned medals by Selvi when the latter was British ambassador in Tuscany. He succeeded as the third viscount on the death of his brother in 1726. He was a military man and aide-de-camp to Marlborough. At the Battle of Ramillies he is said to have rescued Marlborough at a critical moment by giving up his own horse to the Duke who had been momentarily unseated. He rose to become commander-in-chief, Ireland in 1751 and was promoted to field marshall in 1757, the year before his death.
Estimate: 1500-2000 GBP