Hormizd II Kushanshah

Hormizd II Kushanshah
Coin of Hormizd II Kushanshah, minted in the name of the local governor Meze
Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom
Reign	300–303
Predecessor	Hormizd I Kushanshah
Successor	Peroz II Kushanshah
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Hormizd II Kushanshah (also spelled Hormozd or Ohrmazd), was Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom from 300 to 303. Like his predecessors, he was, in effect a governor of the Sasanian Empire for the eastern regions of Marw, Tukharistan and Gandhara which had been captured following the defeat of the Kushan Empire in 230. Since the reign of his predecessor Hormizd I Kushanshah, copper drachms were minted with the names of two local governors, Meze and Kavad. ^[1]

Hormizd II Kushanshah may have been same person as Hormizd II, the King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire from 303 to 309. ^{[2] [1]} They both minted coins where they were depicted with a winged crown, whilst on the reverse of the Sasanian coins, which usually shows the traditional fire altar flanked by two attendants, also shows a head emerging from the fire, a typical Kushano-Sasanian design which first appears on Sasanian coins during the reign of Hormizd II. ^[1]

References

1. Rezakhani 2017, p. 83.
2. Cribb 2018, p. 22.

Sources

• Cribb, Joe (2018). Rienjang, Wannaporn; Stewart, Peter (eds.). Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art: Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017. University of Oxford The Classical Art Research Centre Archaeopress. ISBN   978-1-78491-855-2.
• Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). "East Iran in Late Antiquity". ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1–256. ISBN   978-1-4744-0030-5. JSTOR   10.3366/j.ctt1g04zr8.(registration required)

Preceded by Hormizd I Kushanshah

Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom 300–303

Succeeded by Peroz II Kushanshah