A historical coin of ancient Greece worth half the value of a stater, or a half-stater coin.
From Greek 'hemi-' (half) and 'stater' (a standard coin), describing a coin denomination worth exactly half of the standard stater.
Ancient Greek commerce was brilliant: they created standardized coins like the stater, and then hemistaters (half-staters) for smaller transactions—it's like how we have dollars and half-dollars today!
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