Contact: andreibaltag@outlook.com

Research Interests

• Byzantine, medieval, and premodern numismatics
• Monetary circulation in medieval and premodern Moldova
• Coin finds in archaeological context
• Archaeology of the Romano-Byzantine period
• Medieval archaeology

Biography

Andrei Baltag is a Research Assistant at the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, where he has been active since 2021. He is currently a PhD candidate within the same institution. He graduated from the Faculty of History at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași and subsequently completed a Master’s degree in Archaeology, Ancient Civilisation and Art. His research is primarily focused on medieval numismatics and monetary circulation in the region of Moldova, with particular interest in coin hoards and numismatic finds within their archaeological context. In parallel, he is involved in fieldwork related to the Roman and Late Roman periods, participating in investigations at sites such as Ibida, Noviodunum, and Argamum, as well as in numerous preventive archaeology projects.

Selected publications

Books

George-Dan Hânceanu, Angela Simalcsik, Robert Daniel Simalcsik, Andrei Baltag, Cătălin-George Fedor, Cimitirul vechii biserici catolice „Sfântul Anton de Padova” de la Răchiteni. Rezultatele săpăturii arheologice „de salvare” din anii 1999-2000, Brăilă-Piatra Neamț, Editura Istros-„Constantin Matasă”, 2025, 246 p.

Vasile Ursachi, George-Dan Hânceanu, Vasile Diaconu, Andrei Baltag, Comunități preistorice, antice și medievale de pe cursul mijlociu al Siretului. Așezările de la Filipești și Aldești. Cercetările arheologice din anii 1960-1962, Brăilă-Piatra Neamț, Editura Istros-„Constantin Matasă”, 2024, 208 p.

George-Dan Hânceanu, Angela Simalcsik, Robert Daniel Simalcsik, Andrei Baltag, Cimitirul poslușnicilor Episcopiei Romanului din incinta bisericii ortodoxe Sfântul Gheorghe. Cercetările arheologice preventive din anii 2019-2020, Brăilă-Piatra Neamț, Editura Istros-„Constantin Mătasă”, 2023, 382 p.    

Articles

Andrei Baltag, Determinări numismatice, în Vasile Diaconu, Biserica de lemn „Sfinții Voievozi” și „Tăierea Capului Sfântului Ioan Botezătorul” din Vânători-Neamț. Cercetări arheologice, Piatra Neamț, Editura „Constantin Matasă”, 2025, p. 119-123.

Andrei Baltag, Lucian Munteanu, A potential 13th century monetary hoard from the collection of the Institute of Archaeology from Iași, în Memoria Antiquitatis, 40/1, 2024, p. 267-276.

George Bilavschi, Andrei Baltag, Preliminary data on a monetary hoard from a Medieval dwelling (Iași – “Ghica-Daniel House/St. Petersburg Hotel” Archaeological Site), în C. Paraschiv-Talmațchi (ed.), Fortresses, towns and settlements. Everyday life on the edge of Empires (7-13th centuries), Supplementum Pontica 57, Cluj-Napoca, Editura Mega, 2024, p. 381-401.

Andrei Baltag, Nicoleta Vornicu, Good or bad silver? Short remarks on the Medieval European coins in the light of XRF Compositional Analysis, în Ephemeris Dacoromana, 25, 2023, p. 39-65.

Andrei Baltag, Lucian Munteanu, New data on the Medieval coin hoard from Costeși (Vaslui County, Romania), în Gabriel M. Talmațchi, Lucian Munteanu, Cristina Talmațchi (eds.), Studia numismatica et archaeologica in honorem Gabriel Custurea oblata, Editura Eikon, București, 2022, p. 259-323.

Andrei Baltag, The concept of „romanity” north of the Danube as an outcome of Roman and Byzantine legacy in the historiography of the 19th and 21st centuries, în Hans-Christian Maner, Ioannis Zelepos (eds.), Antike und Byzanz als historisches Erbe in Südosteuropa (19. – 21. Jahrhundert), Berlin, Peter Lang Verlag, 2020, p. 99-106.