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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 8216115, member: 19463&quot;]Everything about Claudius II is at least very suspect due to the unreliable nature of the sources other than coins.&nbsp; That would include the Valentine story and the one about him punching a horse in the mouth.&nbsp; We have no suggestion that Claudius was married or did anything other than soldier.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure his reported anti-marriage stance is consistent with his rather common type IVNO REGINA.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442264[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>His type with a male and female shows a Diana and Apollo (brother and sister) so is completely unnecessary to post here but I like the coin so you have to see it again.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442265[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I know many here love historical fiction but it might be good to realize that the genre began about the same time or slightly before actual history based on facts.&nbsp; I am a fan of Mary Beard who pointed out that history is not so much based on facts but on what someone believed or wanted the audience to believe was fact. </p><p><br /></p><p>While being unpopular in opinions, I may as well point out the convenience of having a hospital located across the street from a candy store ....... just in case.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were to pick a Valentine related coin I might go for something showing a Sylphium seed (a coin I lack) which still existed in the time of Claudius I.&nbsp; If you read up on Claudius II you may run across the bit about the Valentine story possibly dating to the first of his name but that is every so much a case of historical fiction as anything else.&nbsp; Did you see the one suggesting Claudius II was the son of Gordian II?&nbsp; We don&#039;t have to make this stuff up.&nbsp; There have been people who invent their own facts since the beginning of time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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