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stater (stāt′ər)

noun

any of various gold and silver coins of ancient Greece

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) < Gr statēr, orig., a weight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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