^Lot 1202 Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena / Vernon, Ogle and Wentworth, ex-A

Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Cartagena / Vernon, Ogle and Wentworth, ex-Adams (plate). AC-CAvow1A; Betts-310. 16.80 grams, 39 mm. Choice AU+ with luster and traces of original color, unique and curious type with two lion cubs at Vernon's feet that reportedly refer to ones born at the Tower of London menagerie at the time and named after Vernon and Ogle. XRF: 38.76% copper, 53.17% zinc, 6.15% lead, 1.22% tin. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 175 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.