马加比四书的作者曾提到有一位国王被成为塞琉古·尼卡诺尔,但是没有一位塞琉古国王的王室称号是“尼卡诺尔”(Nicanor),因此学术界大都认为是马加比四书的作者这一方搞了个错误[29]。然而历史学者马菲斯·登·杜克(Matthijs den Dulk)建议这不该视为错误,因为马加比四书所有的希腊手抄本,除了一个以外,都是用“尼卡诺尔”,而叙利亚文的手抄本都是用“尼卡托尔”(Nicator)。尽管塞琉古诸王之中使用“尼卡托尔”,含义即“胜利者”,作为官方王室称号仅有塞琉古一世和塞琉古六世俩人,但依些古代历史学家如波利比乌斯、约瑟夫斯和波菲利等也用“尼卡托尔”一名来提起塞琉古一世[30]。历史学者扬·威廉·韩顿(Jan Willem van Henten)猜测马加比四书提到的这位国王是塞琉古六世而不是塞琉古一世,但学者马菲斯·登·杜克对这假设持反对意见,因为马加比四书作者提到的这位国王的统治年份在犹太大祭司敖尼雅三世(Onias III)之前,而敖尼雅三世的年代与塞琉古六世之时差了将近一个世纪,因此很难把塞琉古·尼卡诺尔与塞琉古六世视为同一个人[31]。
对于德米特里二世的案例中,不同的学者提出了几种不同的解释。学者R·R·R·史密斯(英语:R. R. R. Smith)和学者罗伯特·弗莱舍(Robert Fleischer)猜测这是代表希腊神祇戴欧尼修斯,而学者尼克劳斯·杜尔(Niklaus Dürr)推测这个短角代表小牝牛,象征为希腊神话中的宁芙仙女伊俄。学者汤玛斯·费歇尔(德语:Thomas Fischer (Althistoriker))和学者凯·埃林(Kay Ehling)则考虑到这可能暗示与王朝的建立者塞琉古一世有关[34]。钱币学者欧立佛·胡佛和亚瑟·霍顿则认为这是神灵附属物的象征,是德米特里二世以其先祖塞琉古一世、塞琉古二世、安条克三世为例,所创出使用的[35]。
近代意大利钱币学者尼古拉·弗朗切斯科·哈因(英语:Nicola Francesco Haym)基于塞琉古六世的钱币资料,认为他统治的北叙利亚的部分其疆域超过幼发拉底河而来到底格里斯河畔,并持有城市尼西比斯。哈因是透过分析钱币上的花押来得此结论,其中他认为一种花押来自尼西比斯城[53],然而现代钱币学者如亚瑟·霍顿等认为这种花押其实来自卡利卡德努斯河畔塞琉西亚,它不属于尼西比斯[54]。在前129年安条克七世与安息帝国争夺东方行省兵败以后,塞琉古王国的疆界退到叙利亚幼发拉底河东岸[55],安息也以该河作为国土西界,并保有奥斯若恩地区[56]。
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