Sent some Roman coins to NGC and received the grades today

ajaan

I previously had sent some to ANACS so I wanted to see how NGC graded. Here's the grades:

001 Sev. Alexander AD 222-235 ROMAN EMPIRE AR Denarius 20 porosity My comment: not that porous
002 Q.Thermius M.f. c.103 BC ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius 12
003 C.Vib.C.f. Pansa c.90 BC ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius 30 My comment: really nice coin
004 C.Porcius Cato c.123 BC ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius 8 bankers marks
005 T.Ma. Mancius 111/110 BC ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius 8 bankers marks

JZrarities

Are you happy with the grades?

I have quite a few Greek and Romans in ICG holders,
and haven't decided to get them in NGC holders...

Don't see the need...even though ICG doesn't slab Greek anymore.

Just happy with what I have at this point.

ajaan

I was disappointed with the 'porosity' but not the grade.
I thought the C.Vib.C.f. Pansa might go EF

but other than those, I really didn't know what to expect so I guess I'm OK with the grades. I'm just surprised NGC gave numerical grades, they usually only give letter grades, VG, Ch. VF, etc. Gotta see what the slabs actually have on them.

JZrarities

Next time you have a batch of ancients to send to NGC, please let me know.
I've got one Greek piece that I would like to send in...
-Jeff