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Tetradrachm - Archelaus I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 413 BC - 399 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Reverse lettering | APXEΛΑΟ |
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| Mintage | ND (413 BC - 399 BC) |
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Archelaus I moved the Macedonian capital from Aegae to Pella around 413 BC and simultaneously undertook a systematic modernization of the kingdom's military and road infrastructure — reforms that Thucydides credited as doing more for Macedonian power than all his predecessors combined. His court attracted Euripides, who died at Pella in 406 BC, and reportedly Socrates, who declined the invitation. The tetradrachm coinage belongs to this reforming program, replacing earlier issues with a weight standard better suited to expanding trade networks toward the Aegean coast.
Archelaus was assassinated in 399 BC, allegedly during a hunting party.