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Hemidrachm - Ardakhshir II
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 40 BC - 5 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (40 BC - 5 BC) |
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Persis functioned as a semi-autonomous vassal kingdom under the Parthian Empire during this period, yet its rulers maintained the audacious habit of issuing their own coinage — a privilege the Arsacid kings tolerated with varying degrees of patience. Ardakhshir II was among the later Frataraka-line rulers, operating in a dynasty whose legitimacy rested explicitly on continuity with Achaemenid priestly and regional authority rather than Parthian appointment.
Sunrise 594 is a scarce attribution. The series is poorly documented in older references, and much of what is now known derives from the Sunrise Collection catalog itself, which substantially reorganized the classification of Persis fractions in the early 2000s.