Vardanes II

Vardanes II was the son of Vologases I 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 to 58 CE.[2] 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.[3]

Vardanes II
Tetradrachm of Vardanes II, Seleucia mint
Rival Parthian king
Reign	55 – 58
Predecessor	Vologases I
Successor	Vologases I
Died	58
Dynasty	Arsacid dynasty
Father	Vologases I
Religion	Zoroastrianism

References

1. Tacitus, Annals 13,7
2. Sellwood 1983, 295
3.  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. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 905.

Sources

• Dąbrowa, Edward (2010). "The Arsacids and their State". XI: 21–52. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Dąbrowa, Edward (2017). "Tacitus on the Parthians": 171–189. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Chaumont, M. L.; Schippmann, K. (1988). "Balāš". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 6. pp. 574–580.
• 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.