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
The Kings of Persis, also known as the Darayanids, were a series of Persian kings, who ruled the region of Persis in southwestern Iran, from the 2nd century BCE to 224 CE. They ruled as sub-kings of the Parthian Empire, until they toppled them an ...
in the 1st century BC, a
vassal state
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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.
In the silver
drachma
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# An ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city states during a period of ten centuries, fro ...
s of Darayan II, on the obverse, the king is wearing a
tiara
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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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