This article describes archaeological artifacts from the necropolises of Chersonesos with regard to their historical and cultural relevance. Based on an extensive sample, the authors classify the principal groups of fi nds, explore the semantics of grave goods, and reconstruct the system of funerary ritual practices within the context of cultural values and the related worldview. Focus is made on the cultural meaning of the most numerous and informative artifacts, the most typical of which are coins, ceramic oil lamps, bronze mirrors, and golden wreaths. Using semiotic and hermeneutic approaches, related images and ideas as parts of the ancient culture are reconstructed. The fi ndings offer insight into the system of beliefs shared by people of the Northern Pontic from 400 BC to 300 AD.