1999 Mares Of Diomedes Two Pound Circulated Labours Of Hercules Gibraltar Coin
1999 Gibraltar [Two Pound](file:///buy-coins/2-two-pounds/) coin featuring the Mares of Diomedes - the eighth release in the Pobjoy Mint [Labours of Hercules](file:///buy-coins/circulated/1997-2000-hercules-2-gibraltar-set/) collection. Hercules was ordered to steal the Mares of Diomedes as his eighth labour. These wild, man-eating horses were kept by the Thracian king Diomedes. Hercules overpowered Diomedes and fed him to his own mares, calming the beasts before driving them back to Eurystheus. - Just below the reverse design is 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 fourth portrait of [Queen Elizabeth II](file:///buy-coins/elizabeth-ii/) - These bi-metallic 1999 [Gibraltar](file:///buy-coins/gibraltar/) £2s are made of base metal alloy with a [circulation](file:///buy-coins/circulated/) finish