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

Issue	Ardakhshir II
Father	Wadfradad III
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Darayan II (also called Darius II; Aramaic: 𐡃‬𐡀𐡓𐡉‬𐡅‬ d’ryw) was king of Persis in the 1st century BC, a vassal state of the Parthian Empire. He was succeeded by his son Ardakhshir II.

In the silver drachmas of Darayan II, on the obverse, the king is wearing a tiara with a crescent and star symbol, earflap, and decorated with precious stones. On the reverse, the king is facing a fire altar & holding a scepter, with an inscription in Aramaic d’ryw mlk' brh wtprdt mlk’ ("Darius the King, son of Wadfradad the King").

References

^ Wiesehöfer 2009.
Sellwood 1983, p. 304.

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.

Darayan II
Preceded byWadfradad III	King of Persis 1st century BC	Succeeded byArdakhshir II

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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