17th October 2024 – A talk by Cameron MacLean, Numismatist, 7.30 pm at the Holy Trinity Church
The Lord Stewartby Collection is the largest collection of Scottish coins ever assembled by a private individual. Consisting of over 6,000 coins, it was formed over seven decades by Ian Halley Stewart, Baron Stewartby (1935-2018). The collection was gifted to The Hunterian, the museum of the University of Glasgow, in 2017, where it is used as a study and teaching resource. This talk will explore the collection’s background and examine many of its highlights, spanning from the
foundation of Scotland’s coinage in the twelfth century until its end in 1707.
Cameron Maclean is a Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities-funded PhD student at the University of Glasgow. His research focusses on the Anglo-Scottish monetary union, which was established by James VI/I in 1604 in an attempt to bring his kingdoms of Scotland and England into closer union. He has worked with the numismatic collections held by The Hunterian, National Museums Scotland and the Fitzwilliam Museum.