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

Artemidorus, ap. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. 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.
Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

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[1] Artemidorus, ap. Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. 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.

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