Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 485. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Vardanes II. 55-58 AD. AR Drachm (3.73 gm). Ekbatana mint. Diademed bust left, short beard with semicircular bottom, no wart on forehead, earring visible, wavy hair, five ends to diadem tie / OLCILCLC OLCILCLH LI-ILNO DVI:IGCTO[...] LIXLIOV [IP]IFLNOVC [FIL]ILLOXO[C], Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 69.13; Shore 384; BMC Parthia pg. 157, 34; MACW 659. EF. ($200)

Ex Peus 326 (1-3 November 1989), lot 395.

Vardanes II was the son of Vologases I, possibly unseating his father for a short period. Other than his numismatic contribution to history, there is little known of him.