Watch List notes:

KINGS of PAEONIA. Diplaos. Circa 315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.38 g, 6h). Head of Apollo left, with short hair, wearing laurel wreath / Warrior on horse rearing right, thrusting spear held in his right hand at enemy below who defends with shield on his left arm; [Δ]-IΠΛAIO-Y around. Peykov E3000 (rarity 10/10) = J. Yourukova, Аитични монети в България [Ancient Coins of Bulgaria] (Sofia, 1972), 93 (same dies); Triton XVII, lot 189 (same dies); CNG 96, lot 85 (same obv. die); otherwise unpublished. Near EF, toned. Extremely rare, the finest of four known.


The Paeonian ruler Diplaos is known only from his extremely rare coins. Based on the typology of his coins, he is thought to have ruled either concurrently with Patraos, or for a very brief period between Patraos and Audoleon.