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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II The Mares of Diomedes
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1777 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | · THE LABOURS OF HERCULES · THE MARES OF DIOMEDES 2 POUNDS |
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The Mares of Diomedes — the eighth labour of Heracles — involved capturing the man-eating horses of the Thracian king Diomedes, who fed them on human flesh to keep them savage. Gibraltar has issued a long-running Hercules labours series, and this 2020 entry falls within that programme. The bimetallic format was adopted for the series in part to align with UK £2 coinage specifications, giving the pieces practical circulation compatibility with British currency — a deliberate consequence of Gibraltar's constitutional relationship with the Crown.