Bust of Tacitus, laureate, left, seen to waist, seen from behind, holding spear pointing left.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IMP C M
CL TACITVS P F AVG (Translation: Imperator, Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Pius Felix Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description
Tacitus, standing left, crowned by Mars, resting on shield, Victory seated on cuirass, holding shield inscribed VOTIS XX.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
VOTIS X
ET XX (Translation: Votis Decennalibus et Vicennalibus. Vows (prayers) for ten [years completed] and twenty [years anticipated, of the reign of the emperor].)