philoxenus succeeded diomedes, son or younger brother, in west, reign short , succeeded hermaeus, king married princess calliope daughter of philoxenus. after reign of @ least 1 decade, hermaeus overthrown nomad tribes, either yuezhi or sakas when hermaeus depicted on coins riding horse, equipped recurve bow , bow-case of steppes.
in case, these nomads became new rulers of paropamisadae, , minted vast quantities of posthumous issues of hermaeus around 40 ce, when blend coinage of kushan king kujula kadphises. first documented yuezhi prince, sapalbizes, ruled around 20 bce, , minted in greek , in same style western indo-greek kings, depending on greek mints , celators.
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