Stater

Silver staters

An early Archaic silver stater from Corinth, 555–515 BC. Obverse: Pegasus flying left, koppa below. Reverse: quadripartite incuse

Silver stater from Delphi, 338/6–334/3 BC. Obverse: head of Demeter left, wearing grain-ear wreath and veil. Reverse: Apollo seated left on omphalos, tripod to left, ΑΜΦΙΚΤΙΟΝΩΝ around.

The stater (/ˈsteɪtər, stɑːˈtɛər/;^[1] Ancient Greek: στατήρ, pronounced [statɛ̌ːr], romanized: statḗr, lit. 'weight') was an ancient coin used in various regions of Greece. The term is also used for similar coins, imitating Greek staters, minted elsewhere in ancient Europe.