Artabanus IV of Parthia

Artabanus IV
King of Kings
The portrait of Artabanus IV on the obverse of a Parthian drachm, Hamadan mint
King of the Parthian Empire
Reign213–224
PredecessorVologases VI
SuccessorArdashir I (Sasanian Empire)
Died28 April 224
Hormozdgan (possibly Ram-Hormoz)
IssueMurrod
DynastyArsacid dynasty
FatherVologases V
ReligionZoroastrianism

Artabanus IV, also known as Ardavan IV (Parthian:𐭓𐭕𐭐𐭍), incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus V,[1] was the last ruler of the Parthian Empire from c. 213 to 224. He was the younger son of Vologases V, who died in 208.

  1. ^ Schippmann 1986a, pp. 525–536.