1999 Augean Stables Two Pound Circulated Labours Of Hercules Gibraltar Coin
1998 Gibraltar [Two Pound](file:///buy-coins/2-two-pounds/) coin depicting the Augean Stables - the fifth coin in the popular [Labours of Hercules](file:///buy-coins/circulated/1997-2000-hercules-2-gibraltar-set/) series. Cleaning the Augean Stables formed Hercules' fifth labour. King Augeas owned vast herds of cattle whose stables had not been cleaned for decades. Hercules diverted the rivers Alpheus and Peneus through the stables, flushing them clean in a single day without getting dirty. - The reverse of these coins carry a 'PM' mint mark (for [Pobjoy Mint](file:///buy-coins/pobjoy-mint/)) and 'AA' die letters - The obverse displays [Ian Rank-Broadley](file:///blog/ian-rank-broadley/)'s fifth portrait of [Queen Elizabeth II](file:///buy-coins/elizabeth-ii/) - These base metal, bi-metallic [Gibraltar](file:///buy-coins/gibraltar/) coins may show some signs of wear from [circulation](file:///buy-coins/circulated/)