Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. Al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Hemidrachm (23mm, 10h). Issue of Umar ibn al-'Ala, governor (AH 154-163 / AD 771-780). Fifth Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 125 = AH 160 (AD 776/7). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'wml bn 'l' in Pahlavi to right; 'umar ibn al-'ala in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating star-in-crescents and lis in outer margin. Malek 77.1-5; Album 57; ICV 104. In NGC encapsulation 2078803-003, graded MS.

Ex Silk Road Hoard (noted on NGC label).