^Lot 1156 Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon with ship and cannon / Porto Be

Great Britain, small copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon with ship and cannon / Porto Bello, ex-Adams (plate). AC-PBvi14R. 6.33 grams; 27 mm. Scarce issue with misspelled word BRITIS, technically XF or better, with some original copper color and luster (especially on reverse) but rather weakly struck, which the tag summarizes thus: "Hard to grade. VG for sharpness but much original color." XRF: 45.96% copper, 47.94% zinc, 4.49% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag), plated on page 98 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.