Lybian mercenaries (241-237 BCE)

Mints

The Libyans were an insurgent group against Carthage in Africa, during the revolt also known as the Mercenary War (241-237 BC)

Die Studies

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Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
SO 229 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 232 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
3283 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthago Nova (Hanibal?/horse and palm tree) (CNG, 108, May 2018, 24)		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 243 - Atelier incertain over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 237 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 236 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 233 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 244 - Atelier incertain over uncertain mint		Bronze	241 BC JL
24998 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (AE Heracles/bull) over Sardinia (uncertain mint) (Tanit/horse) (Carthago Numismatics, 25 June 2023)		Bronze	241 BC JL
SO 241 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia or Africa over Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location		Bronze	241 BC JL
SO 239 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia or Africa over Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location		Bronze	241 BC JL
Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (AE Tanit/grain ears) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Leu Numismatik, WA12, 30 May 2020, 93)		Bronze	241 BC JL
SO 240 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia or Africa over Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location		Bronze	241 BC JL
24998 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (AE Heracles/bull) over Sardinia (uncertain mint) (Tanit/horse) (Numismatica Ars Classica, 146, May 2024, 2301)		Bronze	241 BC JL
SO 242 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia or Africa over uncertain mint		Bronze	241 BC JL
SO 246 - Uncertain mint over Carthage		Billon	241 BC JL
SO 249 - Uncertain mint over Carthage		Billon	241 BC JL
SO 250 - Uncertain mint over uncertain mint		Billon	241 BC JL
Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (shekel Herakles/lion) over Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (shekel Tanit/horse) (CGB, 124, 19 Sept. 2023, 75)		Billon	241 BC JL
SO 227 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Billon	241 BC JL
SO 231 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Billon	241 BC JL
SO 235 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Billon	241 BC JL
SO 230 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Billon	241 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
SO 233 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 232 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
SO 227 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Billon	241 BC JL
Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (shekel Herakles/lion) over Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (shekel Tanit/horse) (CGB, 124, 19 Sept. 2023, 75)		Billon	241 BC JL
SO 231 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Billon	241 BC JL

Libyan mercenaries

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	League
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	https://nomisma.org/id/libyan_mercenaries
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Literature

• Alexandropoulos 2007 (23 mentions)
• SNG Copenhagen North Africa (18 mentions)
• Carradice - La Niece 1988 (13 mentions)
• Viola 2010 (8 mentions)
• Robinson 1953 (3 mentions)

One of the two metallic pieces that are used to strike a coin, one per each side.

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