The Girdle of Hippolyte, Queen of the Amazons
Herakles' ninth labor involved the legendary Amazon warrior-women, the favorite subjects of some
other myths as well. 
In this case the task was to get the magic girdle, supposedly given to the
Amazon queen Hippolyte by war-god Ares himself. While it appeared for a while that Herakles' diplomacy
(and possibly the accompaniment of other famous heroes in this case)
would meet the good will of Hippolyte and for once accomplish a labor with no
bloodshed, the conniving goddess Hera was then to
step in, posing as an Amazon and instigating Hippolyte's subjects against the visitors,
with a savage battle ensuing after all. The accounts of the
queen's fate differ, but the prize was taken, and this labor thus brought to a close.
Artistic accounts of this epic showdown, though present in other forms, seem to be absent from
Greek coinage; however, portaits of individual Amazons may be found, like those of
Kyme, the legendary founder of a city of that name in Aiolis, the Asian coastline just
south of Lesbos.
Search for coins depicting Amazons.