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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3198962, member: 84744&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a thought I had recently.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kushan-dynasty-i-history" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kushan-dynasty-i-history" rel="nofollow">A. D. H. Bivar</a> says, “According to the Chinese chronicle, the Hou han-shu, the territory gained by the Yuezhi in Bactria was divided between five tribal or regional chiefs (hi-hou), those of Hiu-mi, Shuang-mi, Kuei-shang, Hi-tun, and Tu-mi.” Possibly hi-hou = HIAOUY, i.e. it&#039;s a title rather than a name?&nbsp; It&#039;s a bit of a stretch, but could &quot;YPKωΔOY&quot; be an alternate transliteration of the same title?</p><p><br /></p><p>Joe Cribb has argued that Heraios was in fact Kujula Kadphises, and it&#039;s well known that Kujula issued coins in multiple styles.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure about the identification, but it seems plausible to me that a proto-Kushan chief or chiefs produced the earlier types above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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