Santa Claus

Three years ago we had a thread on Santa Claus look-alikes:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/santa-claus.272165/

Surely we have some new coins since then! I got this one this year.



Postumus, 260-269.
23-20 mm. 3.43 grams.
SAECVLI FE-L-ICITAS
Sear II 10983. RIC 325.
I got this one for the well-struck reverse. The obverse could be better struck from a fresher die, but it is hard to get everything nice on coins of this era.

Show us a coin with a claim to look like Santa Claus!

 

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Same old type.


Postumus (260 - 269 A.D.)
AR Antoninianus
O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: FIDES EXERCITVS Four military standards, hand on top of second, eagle on third.
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. Struck 266 A.D.
3.8g
20mm
RIC V 303; Cunetio 2432; Elmer 417; RSC 65

Can Aelius play?


Aelius (136 - 138 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right.
R: TR POT COS II, Felicitas standing left, caduceus in left, cornucopia in right.
Rome Mint, 137 A.D.
3.16g
18mm
SRCV II 3973, RIC II Hadrian 430, RSC II 50, BMCRE III Hadrian 969

 

Everybody says Postumus, but I think he looks more like @dougsmit than Santa. I'm going with Marcus Aurelius!

 

Postumus as St. Nick? Here's another one, complete with rosy cheeks:

AR Antoninianus

Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG
Radiate, draped, cuirassed but right

Reverse: SERAPI COMITI AVG
Serapis standing left, raising hand and holding sceptre

Year: 267 C.E.

Reference: RSC 360a, Sear 10991

Mint: Trier

 

Sorry, I meant this coin (hehe)

 

Hilarious idea/sequel!
Victorinus all decked out in xmas red:

VICTORINUS
269-271 embossings of the
main Mint Trier Antoninianus,
Imp C VICTORINVS. P. F. Avg.
Drap. Tank bust with STKR.
Right. RV/S – ALV – s Avg. Salus
N. Left standing, Fathera in the
right, long sceptre in the left
holding, before the altar from
which a serpent winds up. C
118. AGK 20. Elmer 697
(Cologne)

Clausius Albinus:


ClodiusAlbinus

as Caesar (AD 193-195). AR
denarius Rome, AD 193-
194/5. D CL SEPT AL-BIN
CAES, bare head of Clodius
Albinus right / ROMAE AE-
TERNAE, Roma seated left,
holding palladium and
scepter, shield at her side.
RIC 11a. BMCRE 43

 

How about Santa-Xerxes delivering gifts of gold and silver to the squabbling Greek city states?

Fun thread idea!

 

Here is Julius Caesar with a Beard.



Ooops... wrong beard.



Etienne (Stephan) I Comptee de Sancerre
AR Denier
1152-1191
Mint: Sancerre
Obv: IVLIVS CAESAR legend and bearded portrait
Rev: STEPANVS COMES and cross
(20 mm 0.8 g)
Bd. 301 (4f)-SCMF 4971
Bought from Marcantia on Vcoins

 

Here are his initials as ornaments!

 

It took me a minute to get. Well done! Haha. LOVE Mary.

 

LOL, juuuust a little slow on the uptake, eh?

@Orfew ... good one! Got it right off!

 

Sorry my friends, Septimius Severus is the only true genuine Santa


Septimius Severus, Antoninianus Rome mint AD 250/251
DIVO SEVERO, Radiate head right
CONSECRATIO Large altar
4.02 gr
Ref : RIC IV # 96, Cohen # 800, RCV # 9483
in qblay's catalog : SE02/P267

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Actually, you had it right on first try!

 

Nope, he was the "Krampus" too nasty for Santa!

 

What? Me? No. It's just Mary and I are such good friends I'm not used to calling her by her last name. Yeah, that's it...


A young, devilishly good-looking, warmongering Septi Clause

 

How about a modern real version....from the land where christmas started...

 

Septimius was a mite young.

Pertinax, AR denarius, Alexandria mint / Ops

 

Too bad he didn't give more presents to the greedy Praetorian guard. They disgraced themselves and him with their grinchy hearts.
Double dip. Just too fun of a thread not to.

Ptolemy IX Soter II &
Kleopatra III
(Lathyros). 116-107 BC. Æ (20mm, 7.45
g, 12h). Alexandreia(?) mint. Series 8.
Dated RY 3 (115/4 BC). Bearded head of
Herakles right, wearing lion skin
headdress; K behind / Eagle with closed
wings standing left on thunderbolt; Ω over
Σ to left, L Γ (date) to right. Svoronos
1191 (Ptolemy IV–Uncertain mint in
Cyprus

PHOENICIA, Marathos

130/29-24/3 BCE Æ (7.91 g,
12h). Dated CY 148 (112/1
BC). Laureate head of Zeus
right / Filleted double
cornucopia; date to right.
Duyrat, Ateliers 347-51; cf.
SNG Copenhagen 171
(date); BMC 38. VF, earthen dark patina


Q. Titius

Denarius 90 BCE, AR 18
MM 3.16 g. Head of Mutinus
Titinus r., wearing winged
diadem. Rev. Pegasus
prancing r.; below, Q·TITI in
linear frame. Babelon Titia 1.
Sydenham 691. Crawford
341/1. Former LANZ coin

 

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