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Artabanus III (Parthian: 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓 Ardawān), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus IV, was a Parthian prince who competed against his brother Pacorus II (r. 78–110) for the Parthian crown from 79/80 to 81.
Artabanus III (flourished 1st century ad) was the king of Parthia (reigned c. ad 12– c. 38). At first king of Media Atropatene, Artabanus III took the Parthian throne in ad 9 or 10 from Vonones and was proclaimed king about two years later in Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital on the Tigris River.
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Mar 13, 2021 · See the article, "Identifying Look-alike Parthian Drachms: Differentiating the Drachms of Artabanus II (c. A.D. 10 - 38), Gotarzes II (c. A.D. 40 - 51) and Artabanus III (c. A.D. 80 - 90)." Click here to view the inscriptions on this king's coins.
According to Olbrycht, he was probably not a Parthian king but a governor of Parthian territories in northern Mesopotamia. 1 ’ 4 The coinage of Artabanus III (S 74) starts in August (Gorpiaios) 391 SA (Seleucid Era) and ends in 392 SA (= 80/81 AD).
Aug 15, 2011 · Artabanus III, a son of Vologases I (Great King from ca. 51 to ca. 76 or 80) and a brother of Pacoros II, contended for power with his brother in the years A.D. 79-81 (Le Rider, op. cit., p. 459) or A.D. 80-81 (Sellwood, op. cit., p. 233), but appears to have gained little support except in Babylonia (Schur, in op. cit., col. 2021 ). His most ...
Artabanus III: Arsacid rebel king of the Parthian Empire (r.80-90). In 78 CE, the Parthian king Vologases I died. He was succeeded by Vologases II, who appears to have claimed that he was Vologases' son, and by Pacorus II, a brother of Vologases I.
Artabanus II (also spelled Artabanos II or Ardawan II; Parthian: 𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓 Ardawān), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus III, was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 12 to 38/41 AD, with a one-year interruption. He was the nephew and successor of Vonones I (r. 8–12).
