Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 1.83 g, 3h). Anonymous APZWT issue. First Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 132? = AH 167 (AD 783/4). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pzwt in Pahlavi to right; in outer margin, 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right, nwk' in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; stars flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Cf. Malek 149-53; Album 73; ICV –. Iridescent toning, hairline die breaks on reverse. EF.