Balakros
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Phila of Macedonia |
Balakros (
Career
Balakros completed the conquest of
It was probably this Balacrus who married
He was probably supervised by Menes from 331 BC, who held the position of Hyparch or Strategoi for the area from Babylon to the satrapies of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia.
He fell in battle against the
Coinage
Balacrus is among several Hellenistic satraps who continued to use an Achaemenid type for their coinage, complete with the local deity of Tarsus, Baal.[8] His coinage bore his name, and later only his initial "B".[3] This coinage is said to have influenced Alexander's imperial coinage, which was initially minted in the same mints.[8] The Imperial coinage of Alexander is often said to have been started in Tarsos circa 333–327, under the rule of either Balacrus or Menes.[9]
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Coin of Balacrus, as Satrap ofTarsos, 333-323 BC. Baaltarsin Aramaic to right on the obverse, letter "B" on the reverse.
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Coin of Balakros, Satrap of Cilicia, with letter "B". Tarsos. 333-323 BC
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Possible coinage of Balakros, with the letters "B-A".
References
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, "Balacrus (1)" Archived 2006-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, Boston, (1867)
Notes
- ISBN 9780871692610.
- Anabasis Alexandri, ii. 12
- ^ ISBN 9781405154697.
- Photius, Bibliotheca, cod. 166
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, xviii. 22
- ISBN 9780900652820.
- ISBN 9782717718768.
- ^ a b Mildenberg, Leo (2000). "On the so-called satrapal coinage". Publications de l'Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes. 12 (1): 10 and Note 8.
- ISBN 9781134877843.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Balacrus (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 454.