Dichalkon - Antiochos VI Ptolemais-Ake

Antiochos VI came to power as a child figurehead, installed by the general Diodotos Tryphon around 145 BC to legitimize a revolt against the regent Lysias and the young Antiochos V. Tryphon held real power throughout this reign and would eventually murder the boy-king outright, probably around 142–138 BC, to claim the throne himself. Coins struck at Ptolemais-Ake during this window reflect a mint that changed Seleucid hands repeatedly — the city had only recently been ceded back from Ptolemaic control and remained politically volatile.