^Lot 1360 Great Britain, gilt copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Adams (Plate),

Great Britain, gilt copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon / Porto Bello, 1739, ex-Adams (Plate), ex-Craige. AC-PBv46RR. 37 mm, 15.05 grams. Bold details in AU grade with bright gold color all over from heavy gilding, holed at bottom of obverse / top of reverse, rather tall reverse rim, new portrait with Vernon facing left, a much better arrangement that eliminated the dreaded "flat nose." XRF: 45.83% copper, 42.92% zinc, 9.43% gold. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and the Ted Craige Collection, plated on page 82 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.