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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4752970, member: 51347&quot;]<b>CARTHAGE EMPIRE - Mercenary War / Truceless War / Libyan Revolt</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>241-237 BCE.</b> A nasty, mean-spirited war, even by Ancient standard.&nbsp; After Rome placed heavy indemnities on Carthage <b>after the First Punic War</b>, Carthage could not pay their Mercenary Troops.&nbsp; Lots of stupid mistakes, but the Carthage General (Hanno - NOT a Barca) brought the Mercenary Army (upwards of 20,000 troops) to North Africa from Sicily, promising to pay.&nbsp; He knew they could not pay.&nbsp; It all goes downhill from there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hamilcar Barca, father to Hannibal, eventually suppressed the rebellion.&nbsp; But, not after extremely brutal atrocities from BOTH sides.&nbsp; One of the Mercenary Generals, Spendius, tortured 700 Carthaginian troops brutally and prolongly to death.&nbsp; <b>This war was the crucible of hatred between the Barca Family, including Hannibal, and Rome that led to the Second Punic War or the War with Hannibal.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_War" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary_War</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the coins for the Mercenary / Libyan Revolt side were overstrikes onto Carthage coins. Most are purdy Hard-to-get.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160281[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitania Libyan Revolt AR Shekel 24mm 7.34g 241-238 BCE Wreathed Tanit Horse standing control mark and Punic M SNG Cop 236</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160287[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage LIBYAN UPRISING Mercenary War 241-238 BCE 7.36g AR DiShekel Herakles Head in Lion&#039;s Head- Lion walking R SNG Cop 240f</p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] graciously solved the mystery of the understruck Carthage coin. Thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160288[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitania after 241 DIshekel AE 27 10.8g Libyan Revolt Tanit - Horse r palm MAA 45 SNG Cop 253 scarce</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160289[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage - LIBYAN REVOLT Rebels 241-238 BCE 9.63g 24mm Shekel Sardinia mint Tanit 3 Grain ears Crescent SNG Cop 247</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160290[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage - LIBYAN REVOLT 241-238 BCE Sardinia mint Tanit 3 Grain ears SNG Cop 252[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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