Balakros (satrap of Cilicia after 333 BC)

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Balakros (Greek: Bάλακρoς), also Balacrus, the son of Nicanor, one of Alexander the Great's "Somatophylakes" (bodyguards), was appointed satrap of Cilicia after the Battle of Issus, 333 BC.He succeeded to the last Achaemenid satrap of Cilicia, Arsames.

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Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coin	Metal	Date	Overstruck type
2444 - Issus (double siglos Baaltars/Athena) over Tarsus (Baaltars/lion and bull) (CNG, 88, 14 Sept. 2011, 405)		Silver	333 BC JL

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Balakros

Type ᵖ	Person
Nomisma ID	http://nomisma.org/id/balacrus_satrap
Links	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q804609 http://dbpedia.org/resource/Balakros https://www.freebase.com/m/07y_0v

Literature

• Callataÿ 2018b (1 mentions)
• SNG France 2 (1 mentions)