First magistrate attested in Athens in 55/54 BC. From Melite (explicitly mentioned in the legend by adding ΜΕΛΙ...). From
the same family as his colleague Medeios; grandson of Serapion of Melite (Habicht 1991, p. 17): See M. Thompson, The New Style
Silver Coinage of Athens (1961) no. 1271 / her issue 108 (p. 561); C. Habicht, Zu den Münzmagistraten der Silberprägung des
Neuen Stils, Chiron 21, 1991, pp. 6 and 17 (55/54 BC, his issue 110); Prosopographia Attica 4040; P. M. Fraser – E. Matthews,
A Lexicon of Greek Personal Names II Attica (1994) p. 120 s. v. Diokles, no. 130; W. Leschhorn, Lexikon der Aufschriften auf
griechischen Münzen II (2009) p. 454 s. v. Diokles.
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