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 237 - Carthage over uncertain mint		Silver	241 BC JL
2798 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (AE Isis/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/head of horse) (Auctiones, 29, June 2003, 406)		Bronze	241 BC JL
28139 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (CNG, EA 417, March 2018, 24)		Bronze	241 BC JL
3394 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (AE Isis/three grains) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (CNG, 52, Nov. 2002, 77)		Bronze	241 BC JL
28129 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (CNG, 49, March 1999, 767)		Bronze	241 BC JL
28142 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (CNG, EA 446, June 2019, 14)		Bronze	241 BC JL
28112 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Isis/three grains) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (Comptoir Général de Bourse, E-Shop 2013, BGR 301641)		Bronze	241 BC JL
28132 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (CNG, 50, June 1999, 967)		Bronze	241 BC JL
26019 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (Leu Numismatik, WA12, May 2020, 93)		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
28134 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (CNG, 53, March 2000, 715)		Bronze	241 BC JL
10730 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Isis/three grains) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (Carthago Nova seller, V coins, Nov. 2022)		Bronze	241 BC JL
3354 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (AE Isis/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/head of horse) (CNG, EA 327, May 2014, 699)		Bronze	241 BC JL
28137 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (VAuctions, 301, May 2013, 30)		Bronze	241 BC JL
28156 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Herakles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Aug. 2023, 50085)		Billon	241 BC JL
2776 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Herakles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Roma Numismatics, 6, Sept. 2013, 358)		Billon	241 BC JL
3638 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Künker, 295, Sept. 2017, 471)		Billon	241 BC JL
28159 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Herakles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Aug. 2023, 53223)		Billon	241 BC JL
3271 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Herakles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Naville Numismatics, 42, July 2018, 39)		Billon	241 BC JL
3283 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (CNG, 108, May 2018, 24)		Billon	241 BC JL
28161 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Aug. 2023, 53224)		Billon	241 BC JL
3720 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (ebay Sovereign Rarities)		Billon	241 BC JL
2817 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (CNG, MBS 64, Sept. 2003, 492)		Billon	241 BC JL
28164 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Noble Numismatics, 112, July 2016, 3797)		Billon	241 BC JL
2794 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (MacDonald Coll., 145)		Billon	241 BC JL
3767 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (MacDonald coll. 146)		Billon	241 BC JL
26011 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Herakles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (CGB, 124, 19 Sept. 2023, 75)		Billon	241 BC JL
2786 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (MacDonald Coll., 147)		Billon	241 BC JL
2898 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grains) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 378, July 2016, 69)		Bronze	240 BC JL
3008 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (Ebay seller Jupiter200, 2012)		Bronze	240 BC JL
24998 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (AE Heracles/bull) over Sardinia (uncertain mint) (Tanit/horse) (Numismatica Ars Classica, 146, May 2024, 2301)		Bronze	240 BC JL
28125 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Tanit/three grain ears) over uncertain type (Naville Numismatics, 59, July 2020, 124)		Bronze	240 BC JL
3652 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (CNG, 87, May 2011, 243)		Bronze	240 BC JL
24998 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (lybian revolt) (AE Heracles/bull) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (Carthago Numismatics, 25 June 2023)		Bronze	240 BC JL
3023 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Zeus/bull) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Robinson 1953, 19)		Billon	240 BC JL
3229 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Zeus/bull) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Robinson 1953, 21)		Billon	240 BC JL
3603 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (Lybian revolt) (shekel Zeus/bull) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Gorny & Mosch, 269, March 2020, 689)		Billon	240 BC JL

Overstruck coins

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Libyan mercenaries

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

• Alexandropoulos 2007 (37 mentions)
• SNG Copenhagen North Africa (33 mentions)
• Carradice - La Niece 1988 (18 mentions)
• Viola 2010 (18 mentions)
• MacDonald 2009 (3 mentions)
• Robinson 1953 (3 mentions)
• Kapossy 1993 (2 mentions)