The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Pupienus Maximus, Roman Emperor (165/170 - 238)

Roman Emperor in 238. Ruled for three months along with his colleague Balbinus during the Year of the Six Emperors. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-1236?rskey=4MCheu&result=2 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupienus References in Documents:
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
Coins of Pupienus Maximus We have none
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 3 One Pupienus, 1 Theodohatus, and 19 more coins of different Emperors 21
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) M. Clod: Pupienus Maximus.