ROMAN EMPIRE. Constantine I 'the Great' 312-313. Solidus (Gold, 18.92 mm, 4.31 g) Trier, CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GAVDIVM ROMANORVM, Francia seated to left on ground, resting head on hand and leaning right hand on grounded bow behind her, trophy in background; FRANCIA in exergue. RIC VI 824 var. (no bow), cf. RIC VII p. 255 for rev. type; C. 168 (bow described as column); Depeyrot 18/3; Jameson 351 corr. (bow not mentioned). The personification of Francia, the land of the Franks, appears in ancient art only on Constantinian gold coins dating to ca. AD 310-324, from the mints of Trier, Siscia, and Ticinum. The series is often accompanied by similar types of ALAMANNIA and SARMATIA. See T. Ganschow, Francia, LIMC VIII.1, 1997, pp. 592-593. Some scratches otherwise, Near Extremely Fine.