Æ22 - Macrinus C G I H PA

Parium, a Roman colony on the southern Marmara coast, maintained active local bronze coinage well into the third century — unusual for a city whose Greek origins stretched back to the seventh century BC. Macrinus, who seized power after orchestrating the assassination of Caracalla in April 217, reigned barely fourteen months before being defeated by Elagabalus's forces at Antioch. Provincial mints like Parium would have received the new imperial titulature with some delay, making the window for this type exceptionally narrow.