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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 971535, member: 26302&quot;]Awww, it looks like Severus has a bigger smile on his face already, being relieved of his confinement and able to breath fresh air!</p><p><br /></p><p>Good post as usual Doug. But wouldn&#039;t both of them have to have the deficiencies noted, basically VF, Flan crack at 2, and VF, moderate porosity? Therefor they aren&#039;t really VF. This is the beauty of ancient grading, you grade the details and note deficiencies in the grade. Therefor, if it is a choice between F, and VF, porosity, the buyer will understand and make his own value judgment. The problem with a number system, specifically to ancients, is that they were all hand made then buried for a thousand years or more. No numbering system can deal with the possible variables, so to even try is foolish. In this case less is more, and just having a few descriptive grades gives you more room to place the overall condition of the coin. If someone were serious about it, you would need to grade Flan, Die, Strike, Wear, and Preservation all separately just to start. F is a nice, easier way to do it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I think $23.50 would have been on the low end years ago for this sestertius. It would have been a good buy then, even better now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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