The American Numismatic Society (ANS) is happy to announce the 2024 Collier Prize in Historic Numismatics has been awarded to Moneda Ibérica, developed and edited by Manuel Gozalbes Fernández de Palencia (Museum of Prehistory of Valencia) and Pere Pau Ripollès Alegre (College of Valencia). The Collier Prize is awarded to the very best single or multi-authored e book, catalog, or on-line digital work associated to historic numismatics (650 BCE to 300 CE). Moneda Ibérica is the preeminent digital catalog and digital reference of historic cash of the Iberian Peninsula and the south of France minted between the sixth and first centuries BCE. The award ceremony can be held on March 18, 2025, at 5:30 PM ET, on the ANS headquarters in New York Metropolis, adopted by a lecture and a reception.
Moneda Ibérica (MIB), at monedaiberica.org, is the results of a long time of labor from a worldwide staff of researchers, builders, and collaborators. It’s organized by way of Numisdata, primarily based on the open-source device Dédalo. MIB comprises greater than 100,000 cash with photos from important museums, public auctions, and personal collections, together with 4,000 coin sorts from the Greek, Punic, Iberian, Celtiberian, Vasconian, and Lusitanian cultures, greater than 7,000 publications, and 40,000 bibliographic citations.
The Collier Prize is likely one of the most substantial financial prizes provided in assist of scholarship in historic numismatics, with the winner(s) receiving $20,000 to be break up equally for multi-authored works. A jury of 5 senior numismatists is appointed biennially by the President of the American Numismatic Society, together with a senior ANS curator. The prize was established in 2020 with the beneficiant assist of ANS Trustee Carole Anne Menzi Collier in honor of her late husband Professor James M. Collier. The Collier Prize was beforehand awarded in 2022 to Richard Abdy’s Roman Imperial Coinage (RIC) Vol.II: From AD 117 to AD 138 – Hadrian (Spink, 2020).
For extra data on the 2024 ANS Collier Prize, go to numismatics.org/pocketchange/collier.
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