Ardakhshir II

Ardakhshir II (also spelled Artaxerxes II) was king of Persis in the 1st century BC, a vassal state of the Parthian Empire. An inscription written in Middle Persian on a silver cup bears his name. He was succeeded by Wahsir.

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