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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2540996, member: 51347&quot;]VERY VERY nice posts everyone!&nbsp; I know there are not a LOT of Carthage coins out there as the Romans overstruck, destroyed, and melted them down.&nbsp; They HATED and FEARED Carthage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gonna do a little change up here:&nbsp; As everyone knows, Rome slapped Carthage down after the 1st Punic War.&nbsp; Consequently, Rome imposed tribute on Carthage, adn forced them to remove their Mercenary Army from Sicily.&nbsp; Carthage did not think their solutions through very well...&nbsp; They had to raise cash for the tribute to Rome, kinda were stalling on paying their Mercenary troops.&nbsp; STUPIDLY, they brought the Mercenaries back to Northa Africa in near proximity to Carthage!&nbsp; They stalled payments, made many unfulfilled promises, and ultimately ticked off their Mercenaries.&nbsp; This reslted in a NASTY War with their Mercenaries, with many untold atrocities happening on both sides... Called the Libyan Revolt or the Mercenary War. </p><p><br /></p><p>This ULTIMATELY resulted in the Cartahginians becoming very BITTER to the Romans, and the Barcid Family vowing REVENGE... Hence the 2nd Punic War with Hannibal invading Italia...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Libyan Revolt / Mercenary War 241-238 BCE ranged from Sardinia to Zeugitania in North Africa.&nbsp; It involved Mercenary Celts, Sicilian, Spanish, even some Germanic tribes...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>LIBYAN REVOLT... Mercenary Coinage</b> (very hard to get...):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544569[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage - LIBYAN REVOLT Rebels 241-238 BCE 9-63g 24mm Shekel Sardinia mint Tanit 3 Grain ears Crescent SNG Cop 248 O-R.JPG</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544570[/ATTACH] </p><p>Carthage - LIBYAN REVOLT 241-238 BCE Sardinia mint Tanit 3 Grain ears SNG Cop 252 O-R.JPG</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CARTHAGE COIN from the Libyan Revolt / Mercenary War:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544571[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitania after 241 DIshekel AE 27 10.8g Libyan Revolt Tanit - Horse r palm MAA 45 SNG Cop 253 scarce.JPG[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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