Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 2.05 g, 9h). Anonymous APZWT issue. Second Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 143 = AH 178 (AD 794/5). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pd in Pahlavi and ain in Arabic to lower right in outer margin; nwk' in Pahlavi to lower left; additional hw in Pahlavi to upper left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; stars flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating fleur-de-lis and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 190-5; Album 74; ICV –. Lightly toned, traces of deposits, minor flan splits, areas of weak strike on obverse. Good VF.