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Vardanes II

1st century CE Parthian prince and king

Vardanes II
Tetradrachm of Vardanes II, Seleucia mint
King of the Parthian Empire
Reign	55 – 58
Predecessor	Vologases I
Successor	Vologases I
Died	58
Dynasty	Arsacid dynasty
Father	Vologases IorVardanes I
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Vardanes II was the son of Vologases I^[1]orVardanes 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. The lack of facial lesions on his coins sets him apart from other Parthian rulers, many of whom were depicted with nodules resembling trichoepithelioma. ^[4] Other than that nothing more about him is known.^[5]

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^  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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• Chaumont, M. L.; Schippmann, K. (1988). "Balāš". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 6. pp. 574–580.
• Dąbrowa, Edward (2010). "The Arsacids and their State". XI: 21–52. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Dąbrowa, Edward (2017). "Tacitus on the Parthians". Electrum. 24: 171–189. doi:10.4467/20800909EL.17.026.7508.
• Ellerbrock, Uwe (2021). The Parthians: The Forgotten Empire. Oxford: Routledge. ISBN 978-0367481902.
• Sellwood, David (1983). "Parthian Coins". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3(1): The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanian Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 279–298. ISBN 0-521-20092-X.

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