Tetrobol - Archelaus I Aegae

Archelaus I inherited a kingdom regarded by southern Greeks as semi-barbarous and spent his reign aggressively reorienting it toward Hellenic prestige — moving the royal seat to Pella, restructuring the Macedonian military along more professional lines, and attracting figures including Euripides and Zeuxis to his court. Thucydides credited him with doing more for Macedonian power than all his predecessors combined. This tetrobol belongs to that reforming mint output from Aegae, the old ceremonial capital retained for certain issues even after the administrative shift to Pella.