Peroz II Kushanshah

Coin of Peroz II Kushanshah (Circa 300-325 CE). Harid mint. Obverse:Crowned bust right. Reverse: Half-length bust left arising from fire altar, holding filleted diadem and sceptre.[1]

Peroz II Kushanshah (circa 300-325 CE), was a late Kushano-Sasanids Kushanshas ruler, in effect a governor of the Sassanid Empire for the eastern regions of Sogdiana, Bactria and Gandhara which had been captured following the fall of the Kushans in 225 CE.[2]

He minted his own coinage and used the title of Kushansha, ie "Kings of the Kushans".[2]

The rule of the Kushano-Sasanians ended around 360-370 CE,[3] when they lost their territories to the invading Kidarites Huns.[4]

References

  1. ↑ CNG Coins
  2. 1 2 The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, E. Yarshater p.209 sq
  3. ↑ The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, E. Yarshater p.209 ff
  4. ↑ The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila, Michael Maas, Cambridge University Press, 2014 p.284 ff
Preceded by
Hormizd II Kushanshah		 Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom
300-325		 Succeeded by
Varahran I Kushanshah


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