^Lot 1181 Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and cannon and ship / Porto Bel

Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon and cannon and ship / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate). AC-PBvi15S; Betts-unl. 5.74 grams, 27 mm. Dark but problem-free XF, scarce reverse die with unusual legend (Adams: "the only reverse legend to begin with WHO"). XRF: 37.93% copper, 53.38% zinc, 7.41% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 99 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.