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Hemidrachm - Ardakhshir II
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 40 BC - 5 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Aramaic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The kings of Persis occupied an unusual political position during this period — nominally subordinate to the Arsacid Parthian empire yet maintaining their own dynastic coinage and religious authority, a autonomy that Parthia tolerated in exchange for regional stability along the eastern frontiers. Ardakhshir II is identified in the Alram sequence as one of the later Persis rulers, though his precise relationship to his predecessors remains contested in scholarship due to the fragmentary nature of the dynastic record.
Hemidrachms of this series are notably small in the hand, and surviving examples in collectible condition are thin on the market.