Hemidrachm

Chersonesos, the Thracian Chersonese peninsula, struck these hemidrachms in enormous quantities over roughly five decades, and they circulated so widely across the Aegean and Black Sea regions that they became a de facto trade currency well beyond their issuing city. The sheer volume produced — and the long overlapping die sequences — has made precise dating within the series nearly impossible, which is why catalog references diverge on die pairings.

The reverse incuse carries small symbols and monograms that vary by emission, used by modern scholars as the primary tool for sequencing the issues. McClean 4090 sits within a well-documented emission group.