Gandhari dinar
Gandhari dinar دينار غانذاري (Arabic) | |
ISO 4217 code | GAD |
Central bank | Central Bank of Gandhara |
User(s) | Gandhara Asabiya Diyafa |
Subunit 1/1000 |
fils |
Symbol | د.غ (Arabic) or GD (Latin) |
Coins Freq. used |
5, 10, 25, 50, 100 fulūs, ¼, ½ dinar |
Banknotes Freq. used Rarely used |
1, 2½, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 dinars 250 dinars |
The dinar (sign: د.غ; code: GAD) is the currency of Gandhara. It is subdivided into 1,000 fulūs (singular: fils). As of 5 October 2014, the exchange rate was 1.65743 GAD per euro and 1.32466 GAD per U.S. dollar.
Etymology
The name "dinar" (Arabic: دينار, dīnār) was borrowed via the Syriac dīnarā from the Greek δηνάριον (denárion), which derived from the Latin dēnārius.