There were 24 books entered for the competition, which was decided by vote of the membership of the IAPN at its 71st General Assembly in Marseille on 4 June.

The winner of the 2023 IAPN Book Prize is Prashant Kulkarni, a numismatist and dealer from Nagpur, India, for his Archaic Coinage of Godavari Valley and the Deccan, published by Eternal Arts and Coins LLP, Nagpur, worldwide distribution of which is via Spink in London.

Second prize went to Stéphan Sombart, senior numismatist at MDC in Monte Carlo, Monaco, for his Monnaies Royales Françaises de Louis XI à Henri IV, published by Éditions Victor Gadoury in Monaco.

Third prize went to Christopher McDowell, a lawyer from Cincinnati, OH, the editor of JEAN and president of C4, for his The Early Betts Medal Companion, published by the ANS in New York.

The value of the Prize is 1,000 CHF. The winner also receives a diploma and an IAPN medal, and it is hoped that these can be presented to him at a future IAPN function.

For more information on IAPN, see:
https://iapn-coins.org/

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NEW BOOK: ARCHAIC COINAGE OF GODAVARI VALLEY(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n42a09.html)
NEW BOOK: THE EARLY BETTS MEDAL COMPANION(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n48a04.html)
IAPN 2023 BOOK PRIZE NOMINATIONS(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n13a14.html)