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

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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.

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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