Great Britain, copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, (ca. 1739), Argyll / Satan and Walpole, ex-Adams, ex-Phillips. AC-NLa1A. 11.09 grams; 38 mm. Dark bronze color, bold AU- with traces of minor die-rust here and there. XRF: 62.97% copper, 29.96% zinc, 4.77% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the M.B. Phillips Collection (Melnick auction of February 1983, lot 1220).
Estimate: $350 - $500