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№ 1029

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25 April 2019

Hammer Price:
£340

Portobello Medals with Multiple Portraits, Capture of Portobello, 1739, a pinchbeck medal, unsigned, de Lezo kneeling, offering sword to standing Vernon, stern of ship to right, rev. six ships outside Portobello harbour, 39mm (Adams PBvl 1-A; Betts –; MI pl. clviii, 11). Some light scratches and minor pitting, otherwise about extremely fine £200-£260

Provenance: Found in Dover Harbour, c. 1915-16, and sold with extracts from two contemporary newspaper articles