Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (24mm, 1.88 g, 3h). Issue of Muqatil, governor in Tabaristan. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 139 = AH 174 (AD 790/1). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; mqatl in Arabic to right; 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin; nwk' in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 124.1-8; Album 68; ICV 107. Iridescent toning at periphery. EF.

From the HC Collection.