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Mithradates II, son and successor of Artabanus, ascended the throne about 123 As in the case of his illustrious predecessor of the same name, his reign was important, and eventually he was called "the Great." His first task was the reduction of Babylonia and the defeat of the Characenean ruler; bronze coins of Hyspaosines overstruck with the titles and portrait of Mithradates in 121/20 furnish proof that this was accomplished.

How much of eastern Parthia remained in the hands of the Sacae we do not know. Perhaps by this date the main force of the westward movement had been spent and the bulk of the invaders had turned southward.