Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, 'Abbasid Caliphate. temp. al-Mahdi. AH 158-169 / AD 775-785. AR Hemidrachm. Fifth Series. Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 134 = AH 169 (AD 785/6). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; 'pzwt in Pahlavi to right; in outer margin, 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right, bkh bkh in Pahlavi to lower left / Fire altar flanked by attendants; star and crescent flanking flames; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 196.1-5; Album 73A; ICV 120. In NGC encapsulation 5770231-016, graded MS.

Ex Silk Road Hoard.