Vardanes II

{{Short description|1st century CE Parthian prince and king}}

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| name = Vardanes II

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| image = Coin of Vardanes II, Seleucia mint.jpg

| caption = Tetradrachm of Vardanes II, Seleucia mint

| succession = King of the Parthian Empire

| reign = 55 – 58

| predecessor = Vologases I

| successor = Vologases I

| dynasty = Arsacid dynasty

| father = Vologases I or Vardanes I

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| death_date = c. 58

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| religion = Zoroastrianism

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Vardanes II was the son of Vologases I or Vardanes I{{Sfn|Ellerbrock|2021|p=57}} and briefly ruler of parts of the Parthian Empire. In ancient records he only appears in Tacitus.Tacitus, Annals 13,7 Otherwise he is only known from coins that are dated between 55 and 58 CE.Sellwood 1983, 295 He rebelled against Vologases I at Seleucia from about 55 to 58 CE and must have occupied Ecbatana, since he issued coins from the mint there, bearing the likeness of a young beardless king wearing a diadem with five pendants. The lack of facial lesions on his coins sets him apart from other Parthian rulers, many of whom were depicted with nodules resembling trichoepithelioma. {{Cite journal |last=Hart |first=Gerald D. |date=1996 |title=Trichoepithelioma and the Kings of Ancient Parthia |journal=Can. Med. Assoc. J. |volume=94 |issue=11 |pages=547–549 |pmid=5324106 |pmc=1936547 }} Other than that nothing more about him is known.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Vardanes|display=Vardanes s.v. Vardanes II.|volume=27|page=905}}