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Tetradrachm - Antiochus VI Dionysus Antiochia
| Issuer | Seleucid Empire |
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| Year | 143 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ TPY OP ΣΤΑ |
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Antiochus VI was installed as a child king around age three by the general Diodotus Tryphon, who used him as a dynastic prop to seize control of the Seleucid realm from Demetrius II. The boy was almost certainly murdered by Tryphon around 138 BC once he had outlived his political usefulness — ancient sources differ on the method. This issue from Antioch belongs to a reign that existed largely on paper, with real authority concentrated in the hands of a usurper who would eventually claim the throne for himself.