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Drachm - Antiochus VI Dionysus Antioch
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 143 BC - 142 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Antioch on the Orontes |
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Antiochus VI was installed as a child-king by the general Diodotus Tryphon around 145 BC, used as a dynastic puppet to legitimize Tryphon's own seizure of power. The boy never ruled in any meaningful sense. By approximately 142 BC, Tryphon had him killed — ancient sources including Diodorus Siculus and Livy's tradition give varying accounts of the method, with some citing a fabricated surgical procedure as cover — and declared himself king outright. This drachm falls squarely within that brief, cynical reign.