Tiraios II

Coin of Tiraios II.
Characene 51BC

Tiraios II was a king who ruled from about 79/78 to 49/48 BC the state of Characene, a vassal state of the Parthians.[1][2]

Like most kings of Characene he is known only from numismatic sources,[3] in his case his silver and bronze coins.

He was also mentioned by Lucian of Samosata,[4] who says of him that he lived till 92.

His name is probably Persian in origin but his coinage indicates he was hellenised. He was the first king of Charakene to call himself Soter.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Monika Schuol : The Characene. Ein mesopotamisches Königreich in hellenistisch-parthischer Zeit . A Mesopotamian kingdom in Hellenistic-Parthian period. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X , ( Oriens et Occidens 1), (Zugleich: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1998), S. 221–222, 303–306. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X (Oriens et Occidens 1), (Also: Kiel University, Ph.D. thesis, 1998.), pp. 221-222, 303-306.
  2. ↑ E. Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, Cambridge University Press page 487
  3. ↑ Richard Nelson Frye, The History of Ancient Iran, Volume 3, Part 7. C.H.Beck Publishers. page 277
  4. ↑ Lucian, Macrobii, 15
  5. ↑ Monika Schuol : Die Charakene. Monika Schuol : The Charakene, A Mesopotamian kingdom in Hellenistic-Parthian period. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000
Religious titles
Preceded by
Tiraios I		 King of Characene
79/78 to 49/48 BC 		Succeeded by
Artabazos I
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