Tiraios II

Tiraios II was a king who ruled from about 79/78 to 49/48 BC the state of Characene, a vassal state of the Parthians.

[1][2] Like most kings of Characene he is known only from numismatic sources,[3] in his case his silver and bronze coins.

He was also mentioned by Lucian of Samosata,[4] who says of him that he lived till 92.

He was the first king of Charakene to call himself Soter.

[5] One of his coins overstrikes a coin of a king Hippokrates Autokrator Nikephoros.