Turkoman - Ancient coin auction catalogs
Arabic Figural Bronze, Zengid (Zangid), Artuqid (Urtuki), Ayyubid , Urtuki Turkuman, Danishmendid, Seljuqs (Seljuks) of Rum

Coins mostly struck c. AD 1150-1250.

    Catalogs listed more or less in order of importance of the selections.

The Spengler and Sayles (S/S) collection was sold in several CNG catalogs:
28  (12/93)  699 ancients among 759. 212 G including 32 Athens new style, 31 RR, 78 RI, 14 RP, 289 Byz, 75 Turkoman bronze (Spengler/Sayles I)
    Athens new style (32), Byzantine (289), Turkoman (Artuqid, 75)
29  (3/94)  mbs. 1395 ancients among 1753 (+ numis literature). 404 G, 107 RR, 399 RI, 146 RP, 264 Byz, 4 DA, 69 Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles II, Artuqid) 17 Celtic England, 18 England
    Byzantine (264, including AE), Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles II, Artuqid, 69)
31  (9/94)  1613 ancients among 1925. 586 G, 268 RR, 355 RI, 239 RP, 101 Byz, 5 Aksum, 49 Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles III), 6 DA, 8 Celtic England, 2 Saxon, 16 lead seals
    Roman Republican (268 including Aes grave), Augustus (25), Turkoman (Spengler/Sayles III, 49)
38  (6/96)  1468 ancients among 1843.  646 G, 60 RP, 146 RR, 351 RI, 6 DA, 61 Byz, 126 Turkoman (S/S II, Zengids), 16 AE of Salamis, 10 Hephtalites, 9 Celtic England, 19 English
    Turkoman (126) (S/S II, Zengids)

Also, CNG had good selections in
12  (9/90)  mbs. MQP. 1340 ancients maong 1523.  307 Roman Egypt (Wetterstrom part I), 255 G, 89 RP, 106 RR, 275 RI, 152 Byz (many AE), 30 Turkoman, 17 English
    Roman Egypt (307), Turkoman (30)  [not high grade]
37  (3/96) mbs. 2153 ancients among 2801. 902 G, 93 Jewish and related, 230 RP, 163 RR, 635 RI, 12 DA, 118 Byz (mostly AE), 14 medieval Bulgarian, 38 Turkoman, 12 Celtic England, 5 English DA, 21 lead seals.  (7 Septimius Severus legionary)
    Turkoman (38)     [very nice coins, not identifed as S/S coins]

M&M Deutschland 
13  (2003, Oct. 9)  889 ancients among 1237 on 42 ppl among 60, plus 1E.  "Sammlung Righetti, part III" 515 RP (including 51 of the Kingdom of the Bosporus), 64 G, 11 RR, 205 RI, 5 contorniates, 5 Byz, 48 Turkoman figural bronze
    Roman Provincial (515, including 51 of the Kingdom of the Bosporus)  Turkoman bronze (48)   [very nice examples]
16  (2005, May 19-20) MLV. MQP. "Sammlung Righetti part 5, Roman Provincial Coins."  1298 ancients among 1636. 852 Roman Provincial AE (a few are Greek and few are of high quality) AE, 145 G silver, 39 "Paeonian hoard, 1968," G silver, 17 silver RP, 1 RR, 95 RI, 2 Celtic, 96 Byz AE, 88 Arabic Turkoman bronze.
    Roman Provincial AE (852),  Arabic Turkoman bronze (88)  [examples mostly not in high grades] 

Peus 
369  (2001, 31 Oct.) One volume. 1754 ancients and Arabic on 83 ppl.  274 G, 656 R, 88 Byz, 6 DA, 406 Roman Provincial + 15 ppl of Arabic and Turkoman (42 pieces of Turkoman).

Sternberg
13  (11/83)  MV. MQP.  1175 ancients on 46 ppl + 8 of cut stones and antiquities.  320 G, 652 R, 96 Byz, 53 Arab, 6 Arab-Byz, 48 Turkoman AE
    Turkoman AE (48) 

Vecchi
5  (3/97)  1198 ancients on 69 ppl + 4 E among 92 ppl. 358 G, 618 R, 75 DA, 62 Byz, 9 Papal-Byzantine, also Arabic, Crusader, 22 Roman imitations
    sestertii, Papal-Byzantine AR, late Roman AE, Dark Ages, imitations, Turkoman AE (38)   [excellent examples]

Gorny 
38  (11/87)  563 ancients + 3 E.  318 G, 191 R, 16 Byz, 25 Turkoman. [excellent examples]

Malloy LVII 5/2000 lots 869-945  3 1/4 pages of pretty nice ones

NFA fixed price list large format 5.2, Summer 1976, 23 pieces

Elsen fixed-price list  212, 16 pieces

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Reference works:

Spengler, William F. and Wayne G. Sayles. Turkoman Figure Bronze Coins and their Iconography. Volume I:  The Artuqids.  1996.  HC
Spengler, William F. and Wayne G. Sayles. Turkoman Figure Bronze Coins and their Iconography. Volume II:  The Zengids.  1996.  HC 
    These volumes are complete and well-illustratred for the series they cover. Unfortunately, Spengler took ill and was unable to work on the missing volume III,  which was to include the Danishmendids, Seljuqs of Rum, Ayyubids, Mongals, and lesser dynasties.

Poole, Stanley Lane.  Coins of the Urtuki Turkomans. PB. 1875.  A large-format, vthin, scholarly, pamphlet. 45 pages and 6 plates. .

Album, Stephen.  Marsden's Numismata Orientalia Illustrata.  1977.  HC.  An old price guide about all Arabic coins. Many of the Turkoman types are illustrated with line drawings.  

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