The James M. Collier Collection of Greek and Roman Coins
A Selection
By (author) Dimitrios Gerothanasis By (author) Johannes Stelzhammer By (author) Alan Walker By (author) Rex Gao
Hardback (Forthcoming)
(July 2026)
ISBN: 9780897227490
6.02 x 9.02 inches
Price: $100.00
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Highlights from the sale of the James M. Collier Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins, the proceeds of which funded the endowment of the newly established Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics.
In 2025, a special collection of ancient Greek and Roman coins—gods, owls, dolphins, and Caesars, lovingly acquired and studiously catalogued over the course of a lifetime—went on the auction block. Sold with the prior blessing of its creator, the late James M. Collier, and under the guidance of his wife, Carole Anne Menzi Collier, the collection would give even more to scholars through its dispersal than it gave to Collier through the years of its creation, for it would fund the newly established Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics.
Drawing from the auction catalogues, this book presents a choice selection of these coins, each one carefully selected by Carole Anne to represent both the larger collection and Professor Collier himself—an engineer, art historian, painter, and scholar with a passion for the history and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. The coins in this book illustrate his gift to numismatic scholarship.
Foreword, by Ute Wartenberg Kagan
The James M. Collier Collection, by Dimitrios Gerothanasis
The Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics, by Peter van Alfen
Introduction, by Carole Anne Menzi Collier
Catalogue:
—Magna Graecia and the West
—Sicily
—Macedon, Thrace, and Moesia
—Greece
—Asia Minor
—The Near East and Central Asia
—Africa
—The Roman Republic and the Imperatores
—The Twelve Caesars
—The Roman and Byzantine Empires
Abbreviations
Professor James M. Collier was an ardent lover of the history and culture of Europe and the ancient world, and a passionate collector of ancient Greek and Roman coins. Born in 1943 in Bellingham, Washington, he received a Master of Arts in History from the University of Oregon in 1970 and a PhD in Art History from the University of Michigan in 1975. He was a professor in and eventual chair of the Art History Department at Auburn University, and over the course of his academic career, he lectured widely and published on the Italian Renaissance and Early Netherlandish perspective. Professor Collier was published as an artist as well. In 1987, he left his teaching post and devoted himself to his passion for painting, studying at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He and his wife moved to Amsterdam in 1990 and eventually attained dual citizenship. He continued to pursue and share his love of art and ancient coinage for the rest of his life. It was his wish that his collection be dispersed after his passing, so that the coins he had lovingly acquired and studiously catalogued over more than sixty years would bring as much joy to others as they had brought to him.
- By (author) Dimitrios Gerothanasis
- By (author) Johannes Stelzhammer
- By (author) Alan Walker
- By (author) Rex Gao
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