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Need Help Iding Roman And Greek (?) Bronzes

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Hi everyone. I just acquired these two unidentified bronze coins.
The first may be a Roman bronze of the second century CE (based upon the "SC" reverse). It is 20mm and 4.89 grams.
The Second may be an ancient Greek coin with a 3/4 profile face on the obverse and a standing figure (possibly a centaur?) on the reverse. It is 12mm and 4.56 grams.
Any help IDing these two coins would be appreciated!


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and a standing figure (possibly a centaur?) on the reverse.


Is it possible the reverse is a standing person (of the non-centaur variety) with the residual parts resulting from an overstrike? It could just be the play of light, but turned 90 degrees it sort of looks like a horse with rider racing right.


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For the Roman provincial I'd try Antioch Severus Alexander or Elagabalus
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/gree...tioch/t.html
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Bob L & louisvillekyshop - Thanks!
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Does anyone else have any guesses about coin number two? Thanks.
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Does anyone else have any guesses about coin number two?


I think there is enough left of triple crested helmet on the obverse to venture an educated guess that the bust is Athena. For comparison to some front facing Athena's:

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=94578
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2008210
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=321636

Given the overall crudeness and the overstrike, I wonder if the coin may be an unpublished local issue. I could be wrong but I don't think you'll find any match among the better known front-facing Athena AE's.
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