UD: NOV. 2019
The emergence of the first European (non-classical) coinage has hitherto been explained by a vague and unsupported theory that it appeared ‘somewhere in Central Europe’ after 275 BC, based on Macedonian issues brought back by Celtic mercenaries. However, recent archaeological / numismatic evidence from Eastern Europe has seriously undermined this oft repeated but unsubstantiated theory, and finally provided some scientific clarity on the chronology of this phenomenon, as well as furnishing surprising information regarding the motivation behind the first Celtic coinage…
FULL ARTICLE:
https://www.academia.edu/25857737/AB_OVO_-_The_First_Celtic_Coinage
Balkan Celts 
Fascinating .
What about the Celti-Iberian coins of the last third 2nd Century BC from mints in Punic Iberia such as Emporiton ? https://www.flickr.com/photos/wdhyder/3891119135/
Those are much later
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