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coin of antiochus vi dionysus . british museum . king antiochos vi.jpg antiochus vi dionysus
 antiochus vi dionysus seleucid kingdom : 148 -- 142/1 bc
antiochus vi dionysus

antiochus vi dionysus -lrb- ca. 148 -- 142/1 bc -rrb- , 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 .
either already in 145 or in early 144 bc he was nominated by the general diodotus tryphon as heir to the throne in opposition to demetrius ii , and remained the general 's tool .
in c. 142/1 bc , the young king died .
while some ancient authors make diodotus tryphon responsible for the death of the king , others write that he died during a surgery .
