Æ22 - Elagabalus C G I H P

Parium, the Roman colony on the southern Marmara coast, retained its colonial coinage privileges well into the Severan period — an unusual continuity for a city whose political importance had declined sharply since Augustus refounded it. Under Elagabalus, the colony struck a notably small volume of bronzes, and the Adramyteum conventus issues from this reign are among the thinner represented in major collections. The emperor's four-year reign ended with his murder by the Praetorian Guard in March 222, leaving several provincial minting programs mid-cycle.