Say I'm playing a song in C Minor, and I play the chords

> Cm, B♭, A♭, G

If I was talking about, or analyzing these chords using roman numerals, which way is more correct to refer to them?

> i, VII, VI, V 
>
> (because B♭ is the 7th step of the C **minor scale**, etc.)

or

> i, ♭VII, ♭VI, V
>
> (because when talking about chord numbers, you assume that the numbers refer to degrees of the **major scale**, so a VII would refer to a B natural major)