Darayan II (also called Darius II;
Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
: 𐡃𐡀𐡓𐡉𐡅 ''d’ryw'') was
king of Persis in the 1st century BC, a
vassal state
A vassal state is any state that has a mutual obligation to a superior state or empire, in a status similar to that of a vassal in the feudal system in medieval Europe. Vassal states were common among the empires of the Near East, dating back to ...
of the
Parthian Empire
The Parthian Empire (), also known as the Arsacid Empire (), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, who led the Parni tribe in conque ...
. He was succeeded by his son
Ardakhshir II
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
Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () i ...
.
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").
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1st-century BC rulers in Asia
1st-century BC Iranian people
Zoroastrian rulers
Kings of Persis
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