Balakros

Balakros completed the conquest of Asia Minor together with Calas, satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia, and Antigonus, satrap of Phrygia. It was probably this Balacrus who married Phila, the daughter of Antipater, and subsequently the wife of Craterus. 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 Pisidians in the lifetime of Alexander. His death is variously placed circa 328 BC or 323 BC. ==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. His coinage bore his name, and later only his initial "B". File:CILICIA, Tarsos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC.jpg|Coin of Balacrus, as Satrap of Cilicia. Tarsos, 333-323 BC. Baaltars in Aramaic to right on the obverse, letter "B" on the reverse. File:CILICIA, Issos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC, overstruck on a stater of Tiribazos from Tarsos.jpg|Coin of Balacrus, as Satrap of Cilicia. Issus, 333-323 BC. Overstruck on a coin of Achaemenid satrap Tiribazus minted in Tarsos. Letter "B" on the obverse. File:CILICIA, Tarsos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia 333-323 BC.jpg|Coin of Balakros, Satrap of Cilicia, with letter "B". Tarsos. 333-323 BC File:CILICIA, Tarsos. Balakros. Satrap of Cilicia, 361-0-334 BC.jpg|Possible coinage of Balakros, with the letters "B-A". ==References==