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1st century BC king of Persis

Ardakhshir II
Silver drachma of Ardakhshir II.
King of Persis
Reign	c. 1st century BC
Predecessor	Darayan II
Successor	Wahshir

Father	Darayan II
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Ardakhshir II (also spelled Artaxerxes II) was king of Persis in the 1st century BC, a vassal state of the Parthian Empire. An inscription written in Middle Persian on a silver cup bears his name. He was succeeded by Wahsir.

References

^ Wiesehöfer 2009.

Sources

Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh (2007), "The Iranian Revival in the Parthian Period", in Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh and Sarah Stewart (ed.), The Age of the Parthians: The Ideas of Iran, vol. 2, London & New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS and the British Museum, pp. 7–25, ISBN 978-1-84511-406-0.
Shayegan, M. Rahim (2011). Arsacids and Sasanians: Political Ideology in Post-Hellenistic and Late Antique Persia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–539. ISBN 9780521766418.
Sellwood, David (1983), "Minor States in Southern Iran", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 3, London: Cambridge UP, pp. 299–322, ISBN 9780521200929
Wiesehöfer, Josef (2000). "Frataraka". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 2. p. 195.
Wiesehöfer, Josef (2009). "Persis, Kings of". Encyclopaedia Iranica.

Ardakhshir II
Preceded byDarayan II	King of Persis 1st century BC	Succeeded byWahshir

v t e Kings of Persis (after 132 BC–224 CE)
Darayan I (after 132 BC) Wadfradad III (1st half of 1st century BC) Darayan II (c. 1st century BC) Ardakhshir II (c. 1st century BC) Wahshir (2nd half of 1st century BC) Pakor I (1st half of 1st century CE) Pakor II (1st half of 1st century CE) Nambad (mid 1st century) Napad (2nd half of 1st century) "Unknown king II"(end of 1st century) Wadfradad IV (1st half of 2nd century) Manchihr I (1st half of 2nd century) Ardakhshir III (1st half of 2nd century) Manchihr II (mid 2nd century) Pakor III (2nd half of 2nd century) Manchihr III (2nd half of 2nd century) Ardakhshir IV (end of 2nd century) Shapur (207/10 – 211/2) Ardakhshir V (211/2–224)

Kings of Persis (after 132 BC–224 CE)

Darayan I (after 132 BC)
Wadfradad III (1st half of 1st century BC)
Darayan II (c. 1st century BC)
Ardakhshir II (c. 1st century BC)
Wahshir (2nd half of 1st century BC)
Pakor I (1st half of 1st century CE)
Pakor II (1st half of 1st century CE)
Nambad (mid 1st century)
Napad (2nd half of 1st century)
"Unknown king II"(end of 1st century)
Wadfradad IV (1st half of 2nd century)
Manchihr I (1st half of 2nd century)
Ardakhshir III (1st half of 2nd century)
Manchihr II (mid 2nd century)
Pakor III (2nd half of 2nd century)
Manchihr III (2nd half of 2nd century)
Ardakhshir IV (end of 2nd century)
Shapur (207/10 – 211/2)
Ardakhshir V (211/2–224)

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