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Tiraios II
1st century BC king of Characene From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 coinage indicates he was hellenised. He was the first king of Charakene to call himself Soter.[5]
One of his coins overstrikes a coin of a king Hippokrates Autokrator Nikephoros. The latter might be an usurpator in the Charakene.[6]
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