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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2994147, member: 51347&quot;]<b>96) HAMILCAR BARCA:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>MERCENARY WAR...LIBYAN REVOLT...TRUCELESS WAR:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">This was a FLAT-OUT hateful, NASTY, brutal WAR!</span></i></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]739531[/ATTACH]</b></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><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]739532[/ATTACH] </b></p><p>Carthage - LIBYAN REVOLT 241-238 BCE Sardinia mint Tanit 3 Grain ears SNG Cop 252</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]739535[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage LIBYAN UPRISING Mercenary War 241-238 BCE Heracles Head in Lion&#039;s Head L - Lion walking R SNG Cop. 240 f</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]739528[/ATTACH]</p><p>Zeugitania, Carthage. After 241 B.C. Æ dishekel (27 mm, 10.81 g, 12 h). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; in background, palm tree. MAA 45; SNG Copenhagen 253. Scarce issue. Dark brown-green patina with scattered deposits. Good fine.</p><p>This coinage appears to have been struck in the aftermath of the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.), when Carthage faced a serious revolt of its mercenary forces. This conflict, known as the Truceless War (240-238 B.C.), resulted in the rise of Hamilcar Barca to prominence and provided a reason for Rome to intervene in Sardinia. Hamilcar&#039;s son, Hannibal, would later raise the banner of war and come close to destroying Rome in the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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