Item: i9639
 
Certified Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Parthia - Vardanes II - King: 55 A.D. - 58 A.D. of the Parthian Kingdom -
Silver Tetradrachm 26mm (14.0 grams) Struck 55/56 A.D.
Reference: Sear GIC 5806; Sellwood 69/2; B.M.C. 23.180,15
His diademed and cuirassed bust left, with short beard; wart on forehead.
King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche standing right before him, holding scepter; above, ΒΑCΙΛΕWC / ΒΑCΙΛΕWΝ; on right, ΑΡCΑΚΟY / EYEPΓETOY; beneath, ΔΙΚΑΙΟY; on left,  ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟYC / ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟC; in upper field, ZΞT (= year 367 = A.D. 55/6); in exergue, OΛWOY (= Lous = July).

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 and maintained his position as rival king until his eventual defeat.

The mighty Arsacid realm, with its roots in the old Seleucid Empire, frequently vied with Rome for political and military superiority in the sensitive border area of the Near East. Early in the Roman Imperial period, circa A.D. 10, there was an Iranian reaction agianst the Philhellenism of the Arsacid rulers which brought Artabanos II to power. The old Persian religion was revived with great fervor and twoards the close of Artabanos' reign the Greek city of Seleucia revolted. Conflicts with Imperial Rome occured at regular intervals, notably in the reigns of Nero, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius and Septimius Severus. After almost five centuries of Arsacid rule the Persians found a national leader in the person of Ardashir (Artaxerxes) the Sassanid. He defeated Artabanos IV in A.D. 224 thus ending the line of Parthian monarchs and establishing in their place the new Sassanian dynasty.

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