AR25 - Macrinus ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞ ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ

Macrinus ruled for just fourteen months before being overthrown and executed in 218 AD, making any provincial issue struck in his name inherently short-lived. Rhesaena, a garrison town in northern Mesopotamia near the Khabur River, sat uncomfortably close to the Parthian frontier — its mint activity under Macrinus reflects his urgent need to consolidate eastern support after assassinating Caracalla and inheriting a half-finished war with Parthia.

The legend fragment ΥΠΑΤΟϹ ΤΟ Δ records his fourth consulship, held in 218 AD, which narrows the striking window to his final months in power before the revolt of Elagabalus ended the dynasty he never quite established.