ANTIOCHOS VI (SELEUKID) AE21______Disposed of by Diodotus______ELEPHANT WALKING

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18T035
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE GREEK COIN OF ANTIOCHOS VI OF THE SELEUKID KINGDOM FROM 145 - 142 BC .
In 142 BC, Diodotus deposed and succeeded him and in 138 BC announced that he had contracted an internal disease and supposedly required surgery, which was presumably used to cover his murder at his supposed benefactor's bequest.
THE SIZE IS 20.8 MM AND 7.93 GRAMS.
SC 2006
OBVERSE – Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI right, wreathed with ivy
REVERSE – Elephant left, holding torch with raised trunk
Antiochus VI Dionysus (ca. 148–138 BC), king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the son of Alexander Balas and Cleopatra Thea, daughter of Ptolemy VI of Egypt.
Antiochus VI did not actually rule. He was nominated in 145 BC by the general Diodotus Tryphon as heir to the throne in opposition to Demetrius II, and remained the general's tool. In 142 BC, Diodotus deposed and succeeded him and in 138 BC announced that he had contracted an internal disease and supposedly required surgery, which was presumably used to cover his murder at his supposed benefactor's bequest.
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