Tanus (Crete)

Tanus or Tanos (Ancient Greek: Τάνος)^[1] was a town of ancient Crete. Tanus minted coins in antiquity, some of which have survived, with the epigraph ΤΑΝΙΩΝ.^[2]

The site of Tanus is tentatively located near modern Almyrida/Castel Apicorno.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ Artemidorus, ap. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
^ Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina numorum veterum, vol. ii p. 321.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Tanus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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[1] Artemidorus, ap. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.

[2] Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina numorum veterum, vol. ii p. 321.

[3] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 60, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.

[4] Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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