{{Short description|2nd-century BC dynast of Persis}} {{Infobox royalty |name = Wadfradad II |title = |image = Coin of Vadfradad (Autophradates) II of Persis, Istakhr mint.jpg |image_size = 300px |caption = Coin of Wadfradad II, Persepolis mint |succession = Frataraka of Persis |reign = after 138 BC – after 132 BC |coronation = |full name = |predecessor = Wadfradad I |successor = Darayan I |issue = |dynasty = |father = |death_date = after 138 BC |death_place = |religion = Zoroastrianism }} '''Wadfradad II''', Hellenized as '''Autophradates II''', was a dynast (''frataraka'') of Persis in the late 2nd-century BC, ruling sometime after 138 BC. He was appointed as ''frataraka'' by the Parthian king Mithridates I ({{reign|171|132|era=BC}}), who granted him more autonomy, most likely in an effort to maintain healthy relations with Persis as the Parthian Empire was under constant conflict with the Saka, Seleucids, and Characene.{{sfn|Wiesehöfer|2000|p=195}}{{sfn|Shayegan|2011|p=178}} The coinage of Wadfradad II shows influence from the coins minted under Mithridates I.{{sfn|Sellwood|1983|p=304}} Wadfradad II was succeeded by Darayan I, the first of the Kings of Persis.
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{{S-start}} {{S-hou|||||}} {{S-bef|before=Wadfradad I}} {{S-ttl|title=Frataraka of Persis|years=after 138 – after 132 BC}} {{S-aft|after=Darayan I}} {{S-end}}
{{Fratarakas of Persis}}
Category:2nd-century BC Iranian people Category:History of Fars province Category:2nd-century BC monarchs in Asia Category:Vassal rulers of the Parthian Empire Category:Zoroastrian monarchs Category:Frataraka rulers of Persis