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Vardanes II

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Coin of Vardanes II

Vardanes II of Parthia was the son of Vologases I and briefly ruler of part of the Parthian Empire. He rebelled against his father 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.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vardanes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Tacitus, Annals, xiii, 7.