Darayan II

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.[1] He was succeeded by his son Ardakhshir II.[1]

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

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").[2]

References

1. Wiesehöfer 2009.
2. 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, 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Sellwood, David (1983), "Minor States in Southern Iran", in Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.), Cambridge History of Iran, 3.1, London: Cambridge UP, pp. 299–322CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Wiesehöfer, Josef (2000). "Frataraka". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. X, Fasc. 2. p. 195.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Wiesehöfer, Josef (2009). "Persis, Kings of". Encyclopaedia Iranica.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Darayan II
Preceded by Wadfradad III	King of Persis 1st century BC	Succeeded by Ardakhshir II