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Item No. 51985

UMAYYAD OF SPAIN: 'Abd al-Rahman II, 822-852, AR dirham, al-Andalus, AH237, A-342, crude Extremely Fine.

'Abd al-Rahman II became Emir of Córdoba in 822 and engaged in nearly continuous warfare against Alfonso II of Asturias, whose southward advance he halted (822-842). In 837 he suppressed a revolt of Christians and Jews in Toledo and repulsed an assault by Vikings in 844. Thereafter he constructed a fleet and naval arsenal at Seville to repel future raids.
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