Product Description
This amazing silver coin is dedicated to the sixth issue of the exclusive series called “Twelve Labours of Hercules and it features the Stymphalian birds.
- Serial Number engraved on rim with matching serial number
- 2 oz silver coin with legal tender.
- Antique Finish with Ultra High Relief
- Rimless with selective mat gold gilding.
- Limited edition with only 500 pieces in the world.
The Stymphalian birds were defeated by Heracles (Hercules) in his sixth labour for Eurystheus. Heracles could not go into the marsh to reach the nests of the birds, as the ground would not support his weight. Athena, noticing the hero's plight, gave Heracles a rattle called krotala, which Hephaestus had made especially for the occasion.
Heracles shook the krotala (similar to castanets) on a certain mountain that overhung the lake and thus frightening the birds into the air. Heracles then shot many of them with feathered arrows tipped with poisonous blood from the slain Hydra. The rest flew far away, never to plague Arcadia again. Heracles brought some of the slain birds to Eurystheus as proof of his success.
The surviving birds made a new home on an island of Aretias in the Euxine Sea. The Argonauts later encountered them there.
Add this beautiful piece to your the Twelve Labours of Hercules collection!
- Slay the Nemean lion.
- Slay the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra.
- Capture the Ceryneian Hind.
- Capture the Erymanthian Boar.
- Augean stables
- Stymphalian birds.(2022)
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| Country | Niue |
| Denomination | 5 dollars |
| Year | 2022 |
| Quality | Antique Finish |
| Material | Silver 9999/1000 |
| Weight (g) | 2 oz (62.2) |
| Diameter | 45 mm |
| Mintage pcs | 500 |
| Certificate (COA) | Yes |
| Presentation case (box) | Yes |
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