Zengid Atabegs of Mosul, 655 AH / 1257 AD., Lu'lu'id of Mosul, Badr al-Din Lu'lu', Æ Dirham, Mosul mint, S/S 71.2.

Zengid Atabegs of Mosul, Lu'lu'id of Mosul, Badr al-Din Lu'lu' bin 'Abd Allah ("Bedreddin Lulu bin Abdullah"), AH 631-657 / AD 1233-1259), al-Mawsil mint, 655 AH (1257 AD.)
copper dirham (23-24 mm / 5,55 g.),
Obv.: ﺔﺋﺎﻤﺘﺳﻭ ﻦﻴﺴﻤﺣﻭ ﺲﻤﺣ ﺔﻨﺳ ﻞﺻﻮﻤﻟﺎﺑ ﺏﺮﺿ "Duribe bi-el-Musul sene 655" ; legend giving mint and date , Crowned Turkish female figure holding large crescent, no stars to either side.
Rev.: ﻪﻠﻟﺍﻝﻮﺳﺭ ﺪﻤﺤﻣ ﻪﻠﻟﺍﻻﺍ ﻪﻟﺍﻻ
ﻦﻴﻨﻣﺆﻤﻟﺍﺮﻴﻣﺍ ﻪﻠﻟﺎﺑ ﻢﺼﻌﺘﺴﻤﻟﺍ ﻡﺎﻣﻻﺍ
ﻮﻟﻮﻟ ﻚﺑﺎﺗﺍ ﻞﻳﺎﺼﻔﻟﺍﻮﺑﺍ ﻦﻳﺪﻟﺍﻭ ﺎﻴﻧﺪﻟﺍﺮﺪﺑ ﻢﻴﺣﺮﻟﺍ ﻚﻠﻤﻟﺍ
"La ilahe illallah Muhammed resulullah. El-imam el-Musta'sım billah emir'ül müminin. El-Melik'ül rahim bedreddünya veddin ebu'l fazail Atabek Lulu" (Five line Naskhi legend)

the so called 'watermelon eater' type.

Ref.: S/S (Spengler/Sayles) 71.2 ; Edhem, - ; Butak, 81 ; Mitch., - ; BMC III, 590-592.

Zengid, a mid to late 12th and early 13th century kingdom, occupying the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, north of Bagdad and south of Lake Van in modern Iraq and eastern Turkey.
Overrun by the Mongols in 1260 AD.