Editing Hormizd II (section)

=== Background ===
[[Image:Relief of Hormizd II in Naqsh-e Rostam.jpg|thumb|right|Relief of Hormizd II as a prince.]]
When Hormizd's father [[Narseh]] ascended the throne in 293, he had an investiture relief made in [[Naqsh-e Rostam]], where he is depicted as receiving the ring of kingship from a female figure that is frequently assumed to be the goddess [[Anahita]]. However, some scholars have suggested that this may be his wife and Hormizd's mother, [[Shapurdukhtak of Sakastan|Shapurdukhtak]].{{sfn|Weber|2016}} The figure standing behind Narseh is most likely Hormizd, due to his cap being the form of that of an animal [[protome]], which was typically worn by Sasanian heirs.{{sfn|Shahbazi|2004a|pp=464–465}} Hormizd most likely did not take part in his father's war against the [[Roman Empire]], which [[Battle of Satala (298)|ended disastrously]] for the Sasanians, with Narseh's wife and some of his offspring being captured, [[Peace of Nisibis (299)|forcing him to surrender]] a handful provinces in [[Sasanian Armenia|Armenia]] and [[Mesopotamia]] in order to have his family members handed back to him.{{sfn|Shahbazi|2004a|pp=464–465}} Hormizd may have been same person as [[Hormizd II Kushanshah]], a Sasanian prince who briefly ruled the [[Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom]] from 300 to 303.{{sfn|Rezakhani|2017|p=83}} They both minted coins where they were depicted with a winged crown, whilst on the reverse, which usually shows the traditional [[fire altar]] flanked by two attendants, also shows a head emerging from the fire, a typical Kushano-Sasanian design which first appears on Sasanian coins during the reign of Hormizd II.{{sfn|Rezakhani|2017|p=83}}