Fort Chagre Taken

372, Lot: 648. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Edward Vernon. 1684-1757. Æ Medal (40mm, 15.75 g, 12h). Fort Chagre Taken. Dated 1739. VICE · AD : RL · OF THE BLEW; & COM : ER · IN CHIEF · ALL HIS MAI : SHIPS IN THE WS · IES, half-length figure of Vernon facing slightly right, holding baton; in background, tree and row of buildings in front of ship under sail right on sea; in three lines to right, A · VIEW ·/OF · FORT ·/CHAGRE; in two lines in exergue, THE · HON : EDWARD/VERNON · ESQ / PORTO BELLO · TAKEN · BY · ADMIRAL VERNON · WITH SIX MEN OF WAR ONLV NOV · 22 · AN DOM · 1739 ·, six English ships entering the harbor of Portobello. MI –; Eimer –; Adams-Chao FCv 3-B; Betts 279. VF, holed.