"Happy Valentine's Day. You're Welcome" - Claudius II Gothicus

Today's over-priced flowers, cheap-tasting chocolates, and non-existent dinner reservations are brought to you by Claudius II Gothicus.

On this day, around 270 AD, Valentine - a Roman priest was executed on the orders of Claudis II Gothicus. Why? Because Emperor Claudius II believed that Roman men were unwilling to join the Legions because of their strong bonds of affection to their wives and families. To combat this, Claudius II banned marriages and engagements in Rome. Valentine defied this ban and married couples in secret.

When he was discovered, he was dragged in front of the Prefect of Rome and sentenced to be beaten to death and beheaded. He was later made a Saint.



So to all of those Cupids and Erotes out there, when you are spending time with your special someone tonight, remember to thank Claudius II, Gothicus.

And don't forget to post a coin in his honor!

Claudius II, Gothicus
Antoninianus
268-270 AD
Obverse: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG: Bust of Claudius Gothicus, radiate, draped, right
Reverse: SALVS AVG: Asclepius, standing left, holding serpent-entwined wand in right hand.
P in exergue

 

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Here is my only coin of Claudius II Gothicus.

Claudius II Gothicus Billon Antoninianus end 268 - early 269; Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint.
3.196g, 25.3mm
Obv: IMP C M AVR CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SALVS AVG (the health of the Emperor), Salus standing right feeding snake held in both hands, S P Q R in exergue.

 

Claudius II (268 - 270 A.D.)
Æ Antoninianus
O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
R: SALVS AVG, Isis Faria standing facing, head left, holding sistrum and basket; Є
Antioch mint
22mm
3.37g
RIC 217



Claudius II (268 - 270 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: AVT K KLA-VDIOC CEB, laureate cuirassed bust right.
R: Bust of Hermanubis right, wearing modius, lotus blossom to right, LB ( Year 2 = 268/269 A.D.) to left.
20mm
7g
Milne 4239 Curtis 1701, Koln 3037

 

Cheap tastin chocolates.....well I can fix that..... since your about 12 miles south of.....Rhebs Chocolates
One of the best places to buy your sweet heart chocolates!
In Baltimore hon.... right across Wilkins ave. From St Agnes Hospital.
Google Rhebs candy in Batimore hon...since 1917. Wow the best butter cream Easter eggs!

 

I only have his imitations!

 

Can't say I make it too far into B-more ever. If it's not by Camden or the aquarium.

 

Its up I 95 not 15 minutes from your home . 95 to Caton Ave left on Wilkins Ave.
And here's another little treat..... across from St. Agnes Hospital is the school Babe Ruth went to as a kid. A reform school at the time.

 

Few things are more romantic than;

 

It being Valentine Day, we also see alot of cupid inspired themes, too
Found this one on trustedcoin.com
Venus in Chariot with Cupid, 106BC


Roman Republic L. Memmius Galeria moneyer
Silver Denarius 20mm (3.80 grams) Rome mint, circa 106 B.C. Reference: Memmia 2; B.M.C. 1329-46; Syd. 574; Craw. 313/1b Laureate head of Saturn left, letter or letter and dot below chin, harpa and ROMA behind. Venus in biga right, Cupid flies above, L . MEMMI / GAL in exergue.

 

Claudius II Gothicus, (24 mm, 4.00 g), Rome, 268-269 A.D., Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Claudius II to right, seen from behind/. Rev. VIRTVS AVG Virtus standing front, head to l., holding olive-branch in r. hand and scepter in l.; shield set on ground at feet. RIC 109.

 

Claudius & Iuventas. Iuventas "was regarded as a powerful divine force rendering a vital gift of strength at a critical moment."

Antoninianus, Syria, Antiochia ad Orontem, 268 - 270 AD
Mintmark: -/-//Δ, Emission 5 c
19 x 21 mm, 4.1 g

RIC V Antioch 213; Hunter 77; in A. Alföldi, "Studien zur Geschichte der Weltkrise des 3. Jahrhunderts nach Christus" (1967), 155-209, 167 Nr. 1. Emission 5 c (Tafel 43 Nr. 9);

Ob.: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG radiate and draped bust right.
Rev.: IVVENTVS AVG Hercules standing facing, head left, holding club set on ground in right hand and apple or globe in l. hand, lion-skin draped over left arm; In ex. Δ

Picture courtesy Victor’s Imperial Coins:

 

DARK CHOCOLATE CLAUDIUS II


RI Claudius Gothicus CE 268-270 AE Ant 24x21mm 2.3g FORTVNA REDVX; Fortuna standing left rudder and cornucopia Z RIC 41

 

Here's a CII for all those suns celebrating with their moons (and vice-versa)...

CLAUDIUS II GOTHICUS
AE Antoninianus. 3.34g, 22.9mm. Antioch mint, circa mid AD 270. New RIC V/1 Online temp #1069 (this coin cited). O: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: AETER AVG, Luna standing right, holding long-handled lighted torch in both hands, facing Sol standing left, with right hand raised and holding whip in left hand.
Ex Finn Johannessen Collection (purchased from Jerome Holderman, 29 Mar 2008)

 

Here are a few of mine

A pair of SOL AVG ants from Antioch. I think they're an obverse die match; at least the letters are. The obverse may have been reengraved?



VIRTVS AVG [Antioch]


P M TR PO P P / SPQR [Smyrna] - Quite a scarce dated issue. I'm a big fan of both the M-C and SPQR types


LAETITIA AVG N [Cyzicus].



VICTORIA GERMANIC / SPQR [Cyzicus]

 

Valentine flower:

 

...well, there ain't no Claudius Gothicus ll day... Claudius Gothicus(268-270) Ae's, emperors bust right obverse, Libertas with counting board, cornucopia & Jupiter with scepter reverses, 18mm both, 3.13 &3.05 gms respectively

 

One of the more detailed annually posted articles on the origins of Valentines Day:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/hist...CWLQcRNpXMUhc-iS5wDCZ6vmPVnbSH0ARQ5dl0QAQ3Tdk

One possible origin story from the article:
“According to a late medieval legend reprinted in the “Acta,” which was accompanied by Bollandist critique about its historical value, a Roman priest named Valentinus was arrested during the reign of Emperor Gothicus and put into the custody of an aristocrat named Asterius.

As the story goes, Asterius made the mistake of letting the preacher talk. Father Valentinus went on and on about Christ leading pagans out of the shadow of darkness and into the light of truth and salvation. Asterius made a bargain with Valentinus: If the Christian could cure Asterius’s foster-daughter of blindness, he would convert. Valentinus put his hands over the girl’s eyes and chanted:

“Lord Jesus Christ, en-lighten your handmaid, because you are God, the True Light.”

Easy as that. The child could see, according to the medieval legend. Asterius and his whole family were baptized. Unfortunately, when Emperor Gothicus heard the news, he ordered them all to be executed. But Valentinus was the only one to be beheaded. A pious widow, though, made off with his body and had it buried at the site of his martyrdom on the Via Flaminia, the ancient highway stretching from Rome to present-day Rimini. Later, a chapel was built over the saint’s remains.“

 

Gee, not a single coin of Valentinian above!

 

My favorite is this one with Isis.


Claudius II Gothicus, AD 268-270.
Roman billon antoninianus, 4.07 g, 22.4 mm, 5 h.
Antioch, officina 5, issue 1, end 268-end 269.
Obv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: SALVS AVG, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla; Є in exergue.
Refs: RIC 217A; MER/RIC temp 1024; Cohen 256; RCV 11370; Huvelin 1990, 10; Normanby 1109.

 

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