Chalkon - Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon

Ptolemy VIII ruled for decades but spent much of that time either exiled or in open civil war against his own sister-wife Cleopatra II, who briefly controlled Alexandria while he governed from Cyprus. The prolonged dynastic conflict severely disrupted royal administration, and small bronze issues like this chalkon circulated through an Egypt fractured between competing courts. His notorious nickname Physcon — "Fatty" or "Potbelly," applied by the Alexandrians who despised him — reflects just how toxic his relationship with the capital's population became.