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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;curtislclay, post: 8248224, member: 89514&quot;]The two words basically mean the same thing, an incorrect coupling of types or dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, as Roman Collector pointed out on CT a month or two ago, Besly and Bland, without citing any previous authority, proposed distinct meanings for the two terms in their Cunetio Treasure report, 1983, p. 24:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hybrids: &quot;the pairing of dies appropriate to different rulers&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mules: &quot;the pairing of dies belonging to different issues or phases&quot; of the coinage of a single ruler.</p><p><br /></p><p>A more important distinction, in my opinion, is whether the coin in question is the product of an official mint or is instead the work of an ancient counterfeiter. I therefore use the word &quot;mule&quot; to refer to an official coin with an incorrect type combination, whereas &quot;hybrid&quot; is my word for an incorrect coupling produced by a counterfeiter. I hesitate to say &quot;hybrid&quot; for an official coin, since the word seems to me tainted by its use in the earlier RIC volumes, where virtually every coin collected in the lists of &quot;hybrids&quot; is an ancient counterfeit rather than an official coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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