Vāsudeva and Saṃkarṣaṇa (later Balarama) were anciently powerful local deities associated with the local cult of the Vrishni heroes in Mathura from around the 4th century BCE. Some late Mauryan punch-marked coins main contain depictions of the Vrishni heroes and Balarama. Coins dated to about 185-170 BCE belonging to the Indo-Greek King Agathocles show Balarama's iconography and Greek inscriptions. Balarama-Samkarshana is typically shown standing with a gada in his right hand and holding a plough in his left. On the other side of these coins is Vāsudeva-Krishna holding the conch and chakra.