Pakor I

Pakor I
Silver coin of Pakor I
King of Persis
Reign	c. 1st century CE
Predecessor	Wahshir
Successor	Pakor II
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Pakor I (also spelled Pakoros I) was king of Persis in the first half of the 1st century CE, a vassal state of the Parthian Empire. He is known to have adopted on his coins the same hairstyle used on the coins of the Parthian king Phraates III (r. 69–57 BC).

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