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AR26 - Nero ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ, L ΙΑ

Issuer Alexandria (Egypt)
Year 64-65
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse description Radiate bust of the Emperor Nero facing right, wearing a radiate crown with distinctive stepped or layered hairstyle arrangement. The effigy is depicted with characteristic portraiture of the Neronian period, showing the emperor's features in profile. The Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field, reading ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ, abbreviating Nero Claudius Caesar Sebastos Germanicus.
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Obverse lettering ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Reverse description Draped bust of the god Sarapis facing right, wearing the distinctive modius (kalathos) atop his head, the hallmark attribute of this Graeco-Egyptian deity. The bust is rendered in the Hellenistic tradition, with characteristic curling hair and beard. The Greek legend ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ appears in the field, with the regnal year date L ΙΑ (Year 11, corresponding to 64-65 AD) also inscribed in the field.
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