^Lot 1385 Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon with city and ships / Cartagena, 1741, ex-A

Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, Vernon with city and ships / Cartagena, 1741, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-CAv5F. 37 mm, 11.24 grams. Nice AU with much original luster and color, tall rims, the obverse particularly elegant but with some faint old lines behind the head. XRF: 50.41% copper, 48.02% zinc, 1.21% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 165 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.