Here's another bottom feeding coin I got because it was a cheap, interesting mystery. It looks Julio-Claudian, probably from a Greek city, and perhaps of Augustus. Despite a decently preserved inscription, I'm not good enough at making out the Greek characters to figure out what it says, and this type of design is fairly generic. Can anyone make out what it says and where it might be from? Forgive the rudimentary photo, I just wanted to do something quick to try and get an ID.
IEPAΠO / ΛΕΙΤΩΝ / ΔΡΥΑΣ = Hierapolis (in Phrygia); magistrate Dryas. Augustus obverse. Looks like there have been a couple of recent sales and they went for eye-popping prices (significantly better condition and not stripped of patina).
Thanks, @TIF. Hopefully I get better at it with practice. I've been collecting low quality Augustus provincials for a while now as a way to scratch my itch for new coins without breaking the bank, so I definitely can't complain about the condition. It could definitely be a lot worse.
