DIVO CLAVDIO - GENIVS POPVLI

Dear friend,
today I would share this piece:



hybrid DIVO CLAVDIO series, listed as RIC 275.

I have a small collection of these hybrid pieces... but... if normally they are hybrid with lifetime reverses, this coin seems different: I don't remember any piece with the legend "GENIVS POPVLI" for Claudius II...

The hybrid series is strictly connected with the so called italian fraudolent emissions made by the scalptors of the mint of Rome directed by Felicissimus & co (hybrid reverses, imitation of regular DIVO series and Gallienus with small module). So I think that also this coin is part of the same production, but It remains the strangeness of this reverse's legend. What do you think?

Une hypothèse serait une imitation radiée émise après la réforme introduisant le revers GENIO POPVLI ROMANI.

Autrement, les imitations radiées plus anciennes sont fondées sur GENIVS AVG ou GENIVS EXERCIT. Une innovation savante (AVG, EXERCIT, POPVLI) alors serait intéressante.

Le RIC 275 de la 2è série commémorative porte bien la légende GENIVS POPVLI (avec le Génie debout à gauche tenant patère et corne d'abandance).

Yes, I know, but RIC it's wrong
The RIC considers as official all the emissions that do not have the reverse with eagle and altar, but now we know that it's wrong because these pieces are fraudulent issues made by the same mint!

The hypotesis of Amictvs are fascinating!

Effectivement, le RIC comporte bien sous le n° 275 une monnaie avec GENIVS POPVLI mais la description ne mentionne pas d’autel à gauche.

Göbl connaît (n° 102/19 to, Tafel 57) une monnaie avec un avers IMP CLAVDIVS AVG et avec un revers de même description (qui est peut-être incompléte –autel ?).

La monnaie en question actuellement comporte un autel visible à gauche ce qui la rapproche du modèle GENIVS AVG pour ces séries

Is in Gobl Gallienus book?
This afternoon at home I will take a look! there is also a picture of the piece?

No. It is Göbl' book about the coinage of Aurelianus.

Interessante monnaie :)

Ok. I've not this book.
There is a picture?

Yes, on Tafel 57.

could you post it or send me also by mail?
I can tell you my mail via mp

No, sorry.

I have found a pic of the coin listed by Goebl:



different dies for the two reverses so this means that there was a small quantity of lifetime GENIVS POPVLI and one of the reverse dies was used for my hybrid.