Two Roman coins to ID

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Hello everyone,

Being somewhat short of time, I am submitting to you these two coins to identify. They came in a lot of eight Roman coins of different periods.

#1 ─ This seems to be the Republican "prow" type but the obverse is puzzling. My best guess is that it is a bull, but I'm not even sure that it's oriented upward. I don't know the weight yet, but it is quite thick. The metal is obviously copper or bronze.



#2 ─ I think this is Augustus on a "Greek provincial" coin. I've seen this type before but can't remember where it's from.



Thanks for any help...

NB: Also posted on the French site.
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#1
Roman Republic
Triens. After 211 BC to around 90 BC.
Sear lists over 100 variations.

Rotate the obverse 180 degrees. Head of Minerva pointing right, helmeted; four pellets above indicating it was valued at 4 unciae.
Thanks much, numisquare ─ much appreciated.

I wondered whether those were dots but couldn't picture a head. Now it's obvious, though the poor girl suffered badly during the centuries she spent underground with Hades... The axis is close to being ↑↑. The search triens minerva in the catalogue produces only two results.

On the French site they identified the "Augustus" coin... which is not at all a coin of said emperor. Those interested to know can follow the link provided in the OP. You won't need much French to understand.
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Here is Minerva in the upright position:



In case you didn't know, once you enlarge a picture, you can rotate it.
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