Antoninianus - Macrianus Minor MARTI PROPVGNATORI, Antioch

Macrianus Minor was the younger of two sons elevated to the purple by the general Ballista and their father Macrianus Major following the catastrophic capture of Valerian by Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa in 260 AD. The elder Macrianus, despite engineering the usurpation, was reportedly lame and considered unfit to reign himself — so both sons were proclaimed co-emperors instead. Their authority never extended beyond the eastern provinces; they were defeated and killed in Illyricum in 261 by forces loyal to Gallienus before the rebellion completed its second year.