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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8354067, member: 84744&quot;]Here&#039;s a coin that fits the thread in an &quot;opposites&quot; kind of way:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482557[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>al-Hakam II (961-976 = AH 350-366) was the second Caliph of Córdoba.&nbsp; He was openly gay, and employed a female mathematician as his personal secretary!&nbsp; Perhaps he was bigoted in other ways, but homophobic or sexist he was clearly not - quite remarkable for the 10th century. He was also a great scholar, illustrating how the bigoted are often lacking in education.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was minted in 356 AH in Medina Azahara (on the outskirts of Córdoba), sometimes called the &quot;Versailles of the Middle Ages.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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