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American Numismatic Society Announces New Prize in Ancient Numismatics Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics, given in memory of the late Professor James M. Collier. The Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics is a substantial monetary prize that will be awarded biennially to the best single- or multi-authored book, catalog, or online digital work in the field of ancient numismatics (650 BCE–300 CE). A jury of five senior numismatists, including a senior ANS curator, will be appointed biennially by the President of the American Numismatic Society to select the recipients. The Collier Prize wil...

BY ANI NWACHUKWU AGWU In every polity, the product of uncontrolled political tension is anarchy or instability, at best. In 2003, moneybags in Anambra State compelled a governorship candidate to sign ahead of time a letter of resignation in case he, on winning the election, fails to adhere to a number of mutually agreed terms bordering on sharing the patrimony of the state. The terms were breathtakingly stringent that to implement it, governance would suffice as the opportunity cost. The candidate, now a ranking member of the ruling party (APC), was taken to Okija Shrine to consummate the agr...