^Lot 1165 Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, rare, ex-Craige, ex-Ad

Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon / Porto Bello, rare, ex-Craige, ex-Adams (plate). AC-PBv20P; Betts-unl. 15.92 grams, 39 mm. Choice AU+ (virtually Mint State) with traces of luster and original brassy color in crevices (slightly more tin content than usual), minor rim-flaw at BRITISH in legend. XRF: 38.58% copper, 54.09% zinc, 4.77% lead, 1.91% tin. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and the Ted Craige Collection, plated on page 62 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.