Vologases VI of Parthia

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Coin of Vologases VI. The reverse shows the throned king receiving a diadem from Tyche. The date ΘΛΦ is the year 539 of the Seleucid era, corresponding to 227–228.

Coin of Vologases VI showing stylized form of king's name behind his head. Obverse said to represent a seated archer holding a bow.[1]

Vologases VI of Parthia (in Persian: بلاش ششم Balash) succeeded his father Vologases V of Parthia (191–208) to the throne of the Parthian Empire in 208. Soon after his accession his brother Artabanus IV (216–224) rebelled against him, and became master of the greater part of the empire. However, Vologases VI maintained himself in a part of Babylonia: his dated coins reach down to 228.

Meanwhile Ardashir I (226–241), the founder of the Sassanid Dynasty, had defeated and killed Artabanus IV in 226 and conquered the eastern provinces of Parthia. Over the next few years, Ardashir I further expanded his new empire, and must have driven out or defeated Vologases VI soon after 228.

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
• Dio Cassius, lxxvii, 12.