^Lot 1173 Great Britain, cast silvered copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon, Lezo and Brown / Porto

Great Britain, cast silvered copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1739, Vernon, Lezo and Brown / Porto Bello, ex-Adams, ex-Craige. AC-PBvlb1A. 10.49 grams; 40 mm. Weakly struck Fine with crude dark patches peeking through the silvering, single-known obverse die with portraits of Vernon, Lezo and Brown, similar to Cartagena issue CAvlb1. XRF: 2.25% silver, 44.53% copper, 47.91% zinc, 3.27% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the Ted Craige Collection.