- One who states. - The principal gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in
value, the stater best known at Athens being worth about £1 2s., or
about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm was in later times called
stater.
Meaning of 'stater' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . stater
[ n]
Meaning (1): - a resident of a particular state or group of states