256, Lot: 924. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Edward Vernon. 1684-1757. Æ Medal (38mm, 12.13 g, 6h). Capture of Portobello. Struck 1739. THE · BRITISH · GLORY · REVIV · D · BY · ADMIRAL · VERNO (annulet stops), three-quarter length bust of Vernon facing slightly left, pointing and holding baton / HE · TOOK · PORTO · BELLO · WITH · SIX · SHIPS · ONLY · (annulet stops), six hips entering the harbor of Portobello; BY · COURAGE · AND/CONDUCT · (annulet stops) in two lines in exergue. MI 536/110; Eimer 550; Adams-Chao PBv 26-V; Betts 216. Fine. Rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.