Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Rashid. AH 170-193 / AD 786-809. AR Hemidrachm (25mm, 2.19 g, 12h). Anonymous APZWT issue. First Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 138 = AH 173 (AD 789/90). 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. Malek 177; Album 73; ICV –. Iridescent toning, areas of flat strike. Good VF.