Vardanes II
Tetradrachm of Vardanes II, Seleucia mint
King of the Parthian Empire
Reign55 – 58
PredecessorVologases I
SuccessorVologases I
Died58
DynastyArsacid dynasty
FatherVologases I or Vardanes I
ReligionZoroastrianism

Vardanes II was the son of Vologases I[1] or Vardanes I[2] and briefly ruler of parts of the Parthian Empire. In ancient records he only appears in Tacitus.[1] Otherwise he is only known from coins that are dated between 55 and 58 CE.[3] He rebelled against Vologases I at Seleucia from about 55 to 58 CE and must have occupied Ecbatana, since he issued coins from the mint there, bearing the likeness of a young beardless king wearing a diadem with five pendants. Nothing more about him is known.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Tacitus, Annals 13,7
  2. ^ Ellerbrock 2021, p. 57.
  3. ^ Sellwood 1983, 295
  4. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vardanes s.v. Vardanes II.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 905.

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Vardanes II Arsacid dynasty Died: 58 Preceded byVologases I King of the Parthian Empire 55–58 Succeeded byVologases I


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