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Dichalkon - Antiochos VI Ptolemais-Ake
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 144 BC - 141 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Antiochos VI came to power as a child figurehead, installed by the general Diodotos Tryphon around 145 BC to legitimize a revolt against the regent Lysias and the young Antiochos V. Tryphon held real power throughout this reign and would eventually murder the boy-king outright, probably around 142–138 BC, to claim the throne himself. Coins struck at Ptolemais-Ake during this window reflect a mint that changed Seleucid hands repeatedly — the city had only recently been ceded back from Ptolemaic control and remained politically volatile.