Studia Hercynia (Sep 2022)

Coins of the Bohemian and Moravian Celts within the area of La Tène settlement in present‑day Slovakia – reasons and consequences of their occurrence

  • Eva Kolníková

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 133 – 157

Abstract

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In the area of the La Tène settlement in present day Slovakia autochthonous and various foreign coins circulated. The latter ones include coins of the Bohemian and Moravian Celts – several types of gold and silver coins dating from the 3rd to 1st century BC. They arrived in the Celtic settlements located in present day Slovakia mainly through trade, and do not prove that the areas of their circulation were settled by the Boii.

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