Pre-reform issues, Tabaristan ('Abbasid governors). Khalid b. Barmak. AH 149-155 / AD 766-771. AR Hemidrachm (24.5mm, 2.02 g, 11h). Tabaristan mint. Dated PYE 119 = AH 153/4 (AD 770/1). Stylized crowned Sassanian style bust right; h'lyt in Pahlavi to right; 'pd in Pahlavi to lower right in outer margin / Fire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer marginFire altar flanked by attendants; pellets flanking flames; date to left, mint to right; alternating triple pellets and star-in-crescents in outer margin. Malek 59.1-3; Album 54; ICV 103. Iridescent toning. Near EF.